Ice Runway
The Annual Sea-Ice Runway is a type of seasonal ice runway made on frozen McMurdo Sound for the U.S. Antarctic Program during the summer Antarctic field season in proximity to Hut Point Peninsula, which has McMurdo Station and Scott Base.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pbkiwi, Public domain.
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airstrip in Antarctica
- Also known as: “NZIR” and “Sea Ice Runway”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include McMurdo Station and Fortress Rocks.
McMurdo Station
Town
The Ross Sea in Antarctica is the world's most southerly sea. It's ice-bound for much of the year, but at the height of summer ships can cautiously enter.
Fortress Rocks
Locality
Photo: Eli Duke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. McMurdo Station and Scott Base are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.
Hut Point Peninsula
Locality
Photo: Mike Martoccia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. McMurdo Station and Scott Base are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.
Ice Runway
- Categories: airstrip, blue ice runway, and transportation
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.85434° or 77° 51′ 16″ southLongitude
166.46446° or 166° 27′ 52″ eastElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Operator
United States and New ZealandICAO airport code
NZIROpen location code
2VJ84FW7+7QOpenStreetMap ID
way 353635262OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
Discover Ice Runway from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Tajik—“Ice Runway” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ice Runway”
- Cebuano: “Ice Runway”
- Dutch: “Ice Runway”
- French: “Ice Runway”
- German: “Ice Runway”
- Hungarian: “Ice Runway repülőtér”
- Japanese: “アイス・ランウェイ”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang McMurdo Station”
- Persian: “آیس رانوی”
- Spanish: “Aeródromo Ice Runway”
- Spanish: “Ice Runway”
- Swedish: “Ice Runway”
- Tajik: “Айс Ранвей”
- Tajik: “Оис ронуи”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ice pier and Ski Slope.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Discovery Hut and McMurdo Station Sign.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ice Runway”. Photo: Pbkiwi, Public domain.