McMurdo Sound

The McMurdo Sound is a sound in , known as the southernmost passable body of water in the world, located approximately 1,300 kilometres from the .
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McMurdo Sound

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Latitude
-77.54342° or 77° 32′ 36″ south
Longitude
165.0934° or 165° 5′ 36″ east
Open location code
2VJ7F34V+J9
Geo­Names ID
6637890
Wiki­data ID
Q1056751

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“McMurdo Sound” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماكموردو ساوند”
  • Armenian: “Մակ Մերդո (նեղուց)”
  • Armenian: “Մակ Մերդո”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mak-Medro boğazı”
  • Basque: “McMurdo itsasartea”
  • Bulgarian: “Макмърдо (залив)”
  • Bulgarian: “Макмърдо”
  • Catalan: “Estret de McMurdo”
  • Catalan: “Estret McMurdo”
  • Catalan: “McMurdo Sound”
  • Cebuano: “McMurdo Sound”
  • Chinese: “麥克默多灣”
  • Chinese: “麦克默多湾”
  • Czech: “McMurdova zátoka”
  • Czech: “McMurdův záliv”
  • Danish: “McMurdosundet”
  • Dutch: “McMurdo Sound”
  • Esperanto: “McMurdo Sound”
  • French: “détroit de McMurdo”
  • French: “Détroit de McMurdo”
  • French: “McMurdo Sound”
  • Georgian: “მაკ-მერდოს სრუტე”
  • German: “McMurdo-Sund”
  • Hebrew: “מצר מק-מרדו”
  • Hebrew: “מצר מקמרדו”
  • Hindi: “मैक्मरडो खाड़ी”
  • Italian: “Baia di McMurdo”
  • Italian: “Canale McMurdo”
  • Italian: “McMurdo sound”
  • Italian: “McMurdo”
  • Japanese: “マクマード入江”
  • Japanese: “マクマード海峡”
  • Japanese: “マクマード湾”
  • Korean: “맥머도 만”
  • Korean: “맥머도만”
  • Latvian: “Makmerdo līcis”
  • Latvian: “Makmerdo šaurums”
  • Latvian: “McMurdo Sound”
  • Lithuanian: “Makmerdo užutėkis”
  • Macedonian: “Макмердо”
  • Macedonian: “Мекмердо”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “McMurdo Sound”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “McMurdo-sundet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “McMurdo Sound”
  • Norwegian: “McMurdo-sundet”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Estrech McMurdo”
  • Persian: “دریاراه مک‌موردو”
  • Polish: “McMurdo Sound”
  • Portuguese: “Estreito de McMurdo”
  • Russian: “Мак-Мердо”
  • Russian: “Мак-Мёрдо”
  • Russian: “МакМердо”
  • Russian: “МакМёрдо”
  • Russian: “Пролив Мак-Мердо”
  • Russian: “Пролив Мак-Мёрдо”
  • Russian: “Пролив МакМердо”
  • Slovak: “McMurdo Sound”
  • Slovenian: “McMurdo Sound”
  • Slovenian: “McMurdov zaliv”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de McMurdo”
  • Swedish: “McMurdo Sound”
  • Swedish: “McMurdo-sundet”
  • Swedish: “McMurdosundet”
  • Turkish: “McMurdo Boğazı”
  • Ukrainian: “Мак-Мердо”
  • Vietnamese: “Eo biển McMurdo”

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