Antarctic explorer James Clark Ross discovers Snow…

January 1843 CE

Antarctic explorer James Clark Ross discovers Snow Hill Island on January 6, 1843.

Uncertain of its connection with the mainland, Ross names it Snow Hill because its snow cover stands out in contrast to the bare ground of nearby Seymour island.

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