Ground of Ellsworth
The ground of Ellsworth () is the part of the the Antarctic delimited in the west by the Ground Marie Byrd, in north by the Mer of Bellingshausen, in the North-East by the base of the Péninsule the Antarctic, and in the east by the barrier of Ronne. It extends between 103°24' O and 79°45' O. the zone in the west of longitude 90°O is asserted by no country, the portion ranging between 84° and 90°O is asserted by the Chile, and the remainder by Chile and the the United Kingdom. The coast of Eights extends between 103°24' O and 89°35' O and the coast from Georges Bryan between 89°35' O and 79°45' O.
The ground of Ellsworth is primarily consisted a high plateau of ice. One also finds there the chain of the Monts Ellsworth, as well as the mounts Hudson, Jones, Behrendt, Merrick, Sweeney and the Monts Scaife.
This ground was flown over by the American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth between November and December 1935. Its name was allotted to him by the committee US-ACAN, in 1962, to commemorate this historical transcontinental flight, between the Île Dundee and the Barrière of Ross.
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