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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Peleus, Mount and Orestes, Mount.
Peleus, Mount
Peak
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south. Peleus, Mount is situated 3½ km northeast of McMurdo Dry Valleys.
Orestes, Mount
Peak
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The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south. Orestes, Mount is situated 3½ km northwest of McMurdo Dry Valleys.
Wrenn Peak
Peak
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south. Wrenn Peak is situated 3½ km north of McMurdo Dry Valleys.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jones Terrace and Prospect Mesa.
Jones Terrace
Locality
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.
Prospect Mesa
Locality
Prospect Mesa is a low mesa in Victoria Land, in eastern Antarctica. It lies below Bull Pass on the north side of Wright Valley. The name designates that it is part of the regional geological Prospect Formation. Prospect Mesa is situated 3 km southwest of McMurdo Dry Valleys.
Vanda Station
Locality
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Vanda Station was an Antarctic research base in the western highlands of the Ross Dependency, specifically on the shore of Lake Vanda, at the mouth of Onyx River, in the Wright Valley. Vanda Station is situated 8 km west of McMurdo Dry Valleys.
McMurdo Dry Valleys
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 693 metres
- Description: snow-free valleys in Antarctica
- Categories: Antarctic oasis and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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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”
- Catalan: “Valls seques de McMurdo”
- Catalan: “Valls Seques de McMurdo”
- Catalan: “Valls Seques”
- Cebuano: “McMurdo Dry Valleys”
- Chinese: “乾燥谷”
- 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”
- Dutch: “McMurdo Droge Valleien”
- Esperanto: “Sekaj Valoj McMurdo”
- Finnish: “McMurdon kuivat laaksot”
- French: “Vallees seches de McMurdo”
- French: “Vallées sèches de mcmurdo”
- French: “Vallées sèches de McMurdo”
- Georgian: “მაკ-მერდოს მშრალი ველები”
- German: “Antarctic Dry Valleys”
- German: “Antarktische Trockentäler”
- German: “Dry Valleys”
- German: “McMurdo Dry Valleys”
- German: “McMurdo-Trockentäler”
- Hebrew: “העמקים היבשים מק-מרדו”
- Hebrew: “העמקים היבשים מקמרדו”
- Indonesian: “Lembah Kering McMurdo”
- Italian: “McMurdo Dry Valleys”
- Italian: “Valle secca di McMurdo”
- Italian: “Valli secche di McMurdo”
- Italian: “Valli Secche di McMurdo”
- Italian: “Valli secche McMurdo”
- Japanese: “マクマードオアシス”
- Japanese: “マクマードドライバレー”
- Korean: “맥머도 드라이 밸리”
- Latvian: “Dry Valleys”
- Latvian: “Sausās ielejas”
- Lithuanian: “Makmerdo sausieji slėniai”
- Macedonian: “Мекмердови Суви Долини”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dry Valleys”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “McMurdo Dry Valleys”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “McMurdo Dry Valleys”
- Norwegian: “McMurdo Dry Valleys”
- Persian: “درههای خشک مکموردو”
- Polish: “McMurdo Dry Valleys”
- Polish: “Suche Doliny McMurdo”
- Portuguese: “Vales secos de McMurdo”
- Russian: “Сухие Долины Мак Мёрдо”
- Russian: “Сухие долины Мак-Мердо”
- Russian: “Сухие долины Мак-Мёрдо”
- Russian: “Сухие Долины Мак-Мёрдо”
- Russian: “Сухие долины”
- Russian: “Сухие Долины”
- Slovenian: “McMurdove suhe doline”
- Spanish: “Valles secos de McMurdo”
- Spanish: “Valles secos”
- Swedish: “McMurdo Dry Valleys”
- Swedish: “McMurdos torrdalar”
- Thai: “หุบเขาแห้งแมคเมอร์โด”
- Turkish: “Mcmurdo kuru vadileri”
- Turkish: “McMurdo Kuru Vadileri”
- Ukrainian: “Сухі долини”
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