Ellsworth Land is a portion of the Antarctic continent bounded on the west by Marie Byrd Land, on the north by Bellingshausen Sea, on the northeast by the base of Antarctic Peninsula, and on the east by the western margin of the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf.[1] It extends between 103°24'W and 79°45'W.[citation needed] The area west of 90°W is unclaimed, the area between 84°W and 90°W is claimed by Chile only, and the remainder by Chile and the United Kingdom as a part of the British Antarctic Territory. Eights Coast stretches between 103°24'W and 89°35'W, and Bryan Coast between 89°35'W and 79°45'W.
It is largely a high ice plateau, but includes the Ellsworth Mountains and a number of scattered mountain groups: Hudson, Jones, Behrendt, Hauberg, Merrick, Sweeney and Scaife Mountains.[1]
This land lies near the center of the area traversed by American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth on an airplane flight during November–December 1935. It was named for him by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1962 to commemorate that historic transcontinental flight from Dundee Island to the Ross Ice Shelf.[1]
Information regarding the biodiversity of Ellsworth Land is comparatively limited due to the fewer research surveys and visitations in the region.[2] Forty species of lichen and five of moss have been identified, with Usnea sphacelata being amongst the most prominent species in the region. Colonies of Adélie penguins have been observed on multiple offshore islands in the adjacent Amundsen Sea.
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separately two weeks later. EllsworthLand, Mount Ellsworth, and Lake Ellsworth, all in Antarctica, are all named for Lincoln Ellsworth. In 1927, the Boy Scouts...
long and 13 km (8 mi) wide and lies within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic...
69 mi) long and 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) wide along the coast of EllsworthLand, Antarctica. An ice shelf occupies the sound, which is bounded on the...
meteorological station in the area. After the expedition failed to find land, Bruce decided to head back to Laurie Island in the South Orkneys and find...
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from seismic soundings by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party, 1957–58, led by Charles R. Bentley. The Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands were delineated in...
C.; Panter, K. S. (1 January 2021). "Chapter 5.4a Marie Byrd Land and EllsworthLand: volcanology". Geological Society, London, Memoirs. 55 (1): 515–576...
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for 27 nautical miles (50 km; 31 mi), situated on the Eights Coast, EllsworthLand, Antarctica, about 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) south of Dustin...
of 4300 meters over sea level, is located in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, also the site of the highest peak in the Antarctic, the Vinson...
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