Antarctica

McMurdo Ice Shelf

The McMurdo Ice Shelf is the portion of the bounded by and on the north and on the south. Studies show this feature has characteristics quite distinct from the Ross Ice Shelf and merits individual naming.
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McMurdo Ice Shelf

Latitude
-78° or 78° south
Longitude
166.5° or 166° 30′ east
Open location code
2VJ82G22+22
Geo­Names ID
6639541
Wiki­data ID
Q1515276
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Satellite Map

Discover McMurdo Ice Shelf from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“McMurdo Ice Shelf” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Mak-Merdo şelf buzlağı”
  • Belarusian: “Мак-Мёрда (ледавік)”
  • Belarusian: “Мак-Мёрда”
  • Chinese: “麥克默多冰架”
  • French: “barrière de McMurdo”
  • French: “Barrière de McMurdo”
  • French: “Barrière McMurdo”
  • Georgian: “მაკ-მერდოს შელფური მყინვარი”
  • German: “McMurdo-Schelfeis”
  • Hebrew: “מדף הקרח מק-מרדו”
  • Hebrew: “מדף הקרח מקמרדו”
  • Hindi: “मैक्मरडो हिमचट्टान”
  • Italian: “Piattaforma di ghiaccio McMurdo”
  • Macedonian: “Мекмердоова Ледена Плоча”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “McMurdoisen”
  • Persian: “یخ‌تاق مک‌موردو”
  • Portuguese: “Plataforma de gelo de McMurdo”
  • Russian: “Ледник Мак-Мёрдо”
  • Russian: “Мак-Мёрдо шельфовый ледник”
  • Russian: “Мак-Мердо”
  • Russian: “Мак-Мёрдо”
  • Russian: “Шельфовый ледник Мак-Мердо”
  • Russian: “Шельфовый ледник Мак-Мёрдо”
  • Turkish: “McMurdo Buz Sahanlığı”
  • Ukrainian: “Шельфовий льодовик Мак-Мердо”

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About Mapcarta. 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 “McMurdo Ice Shelf”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.