McMurdo Dry Valleys
The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a series of largely snow-free desert valleys on the continental coastline of Victoria Land, Antarctica, east of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet and west of McMurdo Sound and the Ross Sea.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Valley with an elevation of 693 metres
- Description: snow-free valleys in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Antarctic Dry Valleys”, “Dry Valleys”, “McMurdo Droge Valleien”, “Mcmurdo kuru vadileri”, “McMurdo-Trockentäler”, “Suche Doliny McMurdo”, “Valle secca di McMurdo”, “Vallees seches de McMurdo”, “Vallées sèches de mcmurdo”, “Valles secos”, “Valli secche di McMurdo”, “Valli Secche di McMurdo”, “Valls Seques”, “Valls seques de McMurdo”, “Valls Seques de McMurdo”, “Сухие долины”, “Сухие Долины”, “Сухие Долины Мак Мёрдо”, “Сухие Долины Мак-Мёрдо”, “マクマードオアシス”, and “乾燥谷”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Peleus, Mount and Orestes, Mount.
Peleus, Mount
Peak
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain… Peleus, Mount is situated 3½ km northeast of McMurdo Dry Valleys.
Orestes, Mount
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Wrenn Peak
Peak
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain… Wrenn Peak is situated 3½ km north of McMurdo Dry Valleys.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jones Terrace and Prospect Mesa.
Prospect Mesa
Locality
Prospect Mesa is a low mesa in Victoria Land, in eastern Antarctica. Prospect Mesa is situated 3 km southwest of McMurdo Dry Valleys.
Vanda Station
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.McMurdo Dry Valleys
- Categories: Antarctic oasis and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.5° or 77° 30′ south
Longitude
162° east
Elevation
693 metres (2,274 feet)
Open location code
2VJ4G222+22
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“McMurdo Dry Valleys” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وديان ماكموردو الجافة”
- Azerbaijani: “Mak-Merdo vadisi”
- Basque: “McMurdoko Haran Lehorrak”
- Catalan: “Les Valls Seques”
- Cebuano: “McMurdo Dry Valleys”
- Chinese: “麦克默多干燥谷”
- Chinese: “麦克默多干谷”
- Chuvash: “Мак-Мердо айлӑмӗсем”
- Czech: “McMurdo Dry Valleys”
- Czech: “Suchá údolí McMurdo”
- Dutch: “Droge Valleien van McMurdo”
- Esperanto: “Sekaj Valoj McMurdo”
- Finnish: “McMurdon kuivat laaksot”
- French: “Vallées sèches de McMurdo”
- Georgian: “მაკ-მერდოს მშრალი ველები”
- German: “Antarktische Trockentäler”
- Hebrew: “העמקים היבשים מק-מרדו”
- Hebrew: “העמקים היבשים מקמרדו”
- Indonesian: “Lembah Kering McMurdo”
- Italian: “Valli secche McMurdo”
- Japanese: “マクマードドライバレー”
- Korean: “맥머도 드라이 밸리”
- Latvian: “Sausās ielejas”
- Lithuanian: “Makmerdo sausieji slėniai”
- Macedonian: “Мекмердови Суви Долини”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “McMurdo Dry Valleys”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “McMurdo Dry Valleys”
- Norwegian: “McMurdo Dry Valleys”
- Persian: “درههای خشک مکموردو”
- Polish: “McMurdo Dry Valleys”
- Portuguese: “Vales secos de McMurdo”
- Russian: “Сухие долины Мак-Мердо”
- Russian: “Сухие долины Мак-Мёрдо”
- Slovenian: “McMurdove suhe doline”
- Spanish: “Valles secos de McMurdo”
- Swedish: “McMurdos torrdalar”
- Thai: “หุบเขาแห้งแมคเมอร์โด”
- Turkish: “McMurdo Kuru Vadileri”
- Ukrainian: “Сухі долини”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Enyo Glacier and Sandy Glacier.
Antarctica: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.
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