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.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Valley with an elevation of around 690 metres (2,270 feet)
- Description: snow-free valleys in Antarctica
Nearby Peaks
Discover Peleus, Mount and Orestes, Mount.
Peleus, Mount
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain…
3½ km northeast of McMurdo Dry Valleys
Orestes, Mount
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain…
3½ km northwest of McMurdo Dry Valleys
Wrenn Peak
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain…
3½ km north of McMurdo Dry Valleys
Localities in the Area
Discover Jones Terrace and Prospect Mesa.
Jones Terrace
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain…
Prospect Mesa
Prospect Mesa is a low mesa in Victoria Land, in eastern Antarctica.
3 km southwest of McMurdo Dry Valleys
Vanda Station
Vanda Station was an Antarctic research base in the…
8 km west of McMurdo Dry Valleys
McMurdo Dry Valleys
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.5° or 77° 30′ south
Longitude
162° east
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.
وديان ماكموردو الجافةArabic
Mak-Merdo vadisiAzerbaijani
McMurdoko Haran LehorrakBasque
Les Valls SequesCatalan
Valls SequesCatalan
Valls Seques de McMurdoCatalan
McMurdo Dry ValleysCebuano
乾燥谷Chinese
麦克默多干燥谷Chinese
麦克默多干谷Chinese
Мак-Мердо айлӑмӗсемChuvash
McMurdo Dry ValleysCzech
Suchá údolí McMurdoCzech
Droge Valleien van McMurdoDutch
McMurdo Droge ValleienDutch
Sekaj Valoj McMurdoEsperanto
McMurdon kuivat laaksotFinnish
მაკ-მერდოს მშრალი ველებიGeorgian
העמקים היבשים מק-מרדוHebrew
Lembah Kering McMurdoIndonesian
McMurdo Dry ValleysItalian
Valle secca di McMurdoItalian
Valli secche di McMurdoItalian
Valli secche McMurdoItalian
マクマードオアシスJapanese
マクマードドライバレーJapanese
맥머도 드라이 밸리Korean
Dry ValleysLatvian
Sausās ielejasLatvian
Makmerdo sausieji slėniaiLithuanian
Мекмердови Суви ДолиниMacedonian
McMurdo Dry ValleysNorwegian
Dry ValleysNorwegian Bokmål
McMurdo Dry ValleysNorwegian Bokmål
McMurdo Dry ValleysNorwegian Nynorsk
درههای خشک مکموردوPersian
McMurdo Dry ValleysPolish
Suche Doliny McMurdoPolish
Сухие ДолиныRussian
Сухие Долины Мак-МёрдоRussian
McMurdove suhe dolineSlovenian
McMurdo Dry ValleysSwedish
McMurdos torrdalarSwedish
หุบเขาแห้งแมคเมอร์โดThai
Mcmurdo kuru vadileriTurkish
Сухі долиниUkrainian
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