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James Ross Island () is a large island off the southeast side and near the northeastern extremity of Antarctic Peninsula , from which it is separated by Prince Gustav Channel . Rising to 1,630 m, it is irregularly shaped and extends 40 miles in a north-south direction. It was charted in October 1903 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld . He named it for Sir James Clark Ross , leader of a British expedition to this area in 1842, who discovered and roughly charted a number of points along the eastern side of the island. The form James Ross Island is used to avoid confusion with the more widely known Ross Island in McMurdo Sound . The first Czech Antarctic Base is located on the island. |
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