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Discovery of Snow Hill Island

Great Britain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1842Date range
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Chronological records

1842

James Clark Ross1842

Snow Hill Island · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Explores the eastern side of what is now known as James Ross Island, discovering and naming Snow Hill Island and Seymour Island

Names involved

James Clark Ross

Provenance

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