McMurdo Station
The Ross Sea in Antarctica is the world's most southerly sea. It's ice-bound for much of the year, but at the height of summer ships can cautiously enter.
- Scientific research base
- …has 200 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 10 metres (33 feet)
- …is also known as “Naval Air Facility McMurdo”
- Description: United States Antarctic research center on the south tip of Ross Island
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapel of the Snows and McMurdo General Hospital.
Chapel of the Snows
Church
The Chapel of the Snows is a non-denominational… Chapel of the Snows is situated 180 metres southwest of McMurdo Station.
McMurdo General Hospital
Hospital building
USGS, Public domain.
McMurdo General Hospital is a hospital building.
Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center
Office building
The Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center… Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center is situated 160 metres south of McMurdo Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fortress Rocks and Scott Base.
Fortress Rocks
Locality
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from…
McMurdo Station
- Category: Antarctic research station
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.84632° or 77° 50′ 47″ south
Longitude
166.66824° or 166° 40′ 6″ east
UN/LOCODE
AQ MCM
Open location code
2VJ85M39+F7
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“McMurdo Station” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “McMurdo-stasie”
- Arabic: “قاعدة ماك موردو”
- Arabic: “محطة ماكموردو”
- Arabic: “محطة مكموردو”
- Armenian: “Մաք Մերդո”
- Azerbaijani: “Mak-Merdo”
- Basque: “McMurdo basea”
- Belarusian: “Мак-Мёрда”
- Catalan: “Base de McMurdo”
- Catalan: “Estació de McMurdo”
- Catalan: “Estació McMurdo”
- Cebuano: “McMurdo Station”
- Chinese: “麥克默多站”
- Chinese: “麦克默多站”
- Croatian: “McMurdo Station”
- Czech: “McMurdo”
- Czech: “Polární stanice McMurdo”
- Dutch: “McMurdo Station”
- Dutch: “Station McMurdo”
- Esperanto: “Polusa stacio McMurdo”
- Estonian: “McMurdo polaarjaam”
- Finnish: “McMurdo”
- Finnish: “McMurdon asema”
- French: “Base antarctique de McMurdo”
- French: “base antarctique McMurdo”
- French: “Base antarctique McMurdo”
- French: “McMurdo Station”
- French: “McMurdo”
- French: “Station McMurdo”
- German: “Mactown”
- German: “McMurdo Station”
- German: “McMurdo-Station”
- Greek: “Βάση ΜακΜέρντο”
- Greek: “Βάση ΜακΜούρντο”
- Hebrew: “תחנת מק-מרדו”
- Hebrew: “תחנת מקמרדו”
- Hungarian: “McMurdo kutatóállomás”
- Indonesian: “Stasiun McMurdo”
- Italian: “Base McMurdo”
- Italian: “McMurdo base”
- Italian: “McMurdo Station”
- Italian: “McMurdo-Station”
- Italian: “Stazione Mac Murdo”
- Italian: “Stazione MacMurdo”
- Italian: “Stazione Mc Murdo”
- Italian: “Stazione McMurdo”
- Japanese: “マクマード基地”
- Korean: “맥머도 기지”
- Latvian: “Makmerdo”
- Latvian: “McMurdo Station”
- Lithuanian: “Makmerdo stotis”
- Low German: “McMurdo Statschoon”
- Macedonian: “Макмердо”
- Macedonian: “Мекмердо”
- Mongolian: “Макмөрдо”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “McMurdo Station”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “McMurdo-stasjonen”
- Norwegian: “McMurdo Station”
- Persian: “پایگاه مکموردو”
- Polish: “McMurdo”
- Polish: “Stacja McMurdo”
- Portuguese: “Estação McMurdo”
- Romanian: “McMurdo”
- Russian: “Мак Мердо”
- Russian: “Мак Мёрдо”
- Russian: “Мак-Мердо”
- Russian: “Мак-Мёрдо”
- Russian: “МакМердо”
- Serbian: “Станица Мекмердо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “McMurdo Station”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Postaja McMurdo”
- Slovak: “McMurdo Station”
- Spanish: “Base McMurdo”
- Spanish: “Mc Murdo”
- Spanish: “McMurdo Station”
- Spanish: “McMurdo”
- Spanish: “Planta de McMurdo”
- Swedish: “McMurdo Station”
- Turkish: “McMurdo Üssü”
- Ukrainian: “Мак-Мердо”
- Urdu: “مک مرڈو اسٹیشن”
- Vietnamese: “Trạm McMurdo”
- Yue Chinese: “麥克默多站”
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