Name StatusOfficial ValidatedFeatureIslandNZ Gazette Reference2012 (53) p.1477DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionAn island, about 10 miles long in a north-south direction and about 4 miles wide, protruding through the Ross Ice Shelf close to Ross Island, about 3 miles east of Black Island. It has four craters, the highest of which is 701m. Discovered by the NAE, 1901-04, and named by Scott in 1902 because of the mantle of snow which covers it. Not Hvit Oen (Norwegian) or Weisse Insel (German).
