McMurdo Station

The Ross Sea in 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.
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  • Type: Town with 824 residents
  • Description: United States Antarctic research center on the south tip of Ross Island
  • Also known as: “MCMURDO STATION”, “Naval Air Facility McMurdo”, and “Williams Air Operating Facility”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chapel of the Snows and Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center.

Church
Photo: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0.
The is a non-denominational Christian church at the United States' on , Antarctica. Initially built from scrap material in 1956, it burned down in 1978 and was rebuilt in 1989.

Office building
The , located at , was dedicated in November 1991 by the National Science Foundation. The laboratory is named in honor of geophysicist and glaciologist Albert P.

Hospital building
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
is a hospital building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fortress Rocks and Scott Base.

Locality
Photo: Eli Duke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of on , Antarctica. and are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.

Hamlet
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is a research station at on near in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim.

Locality
Photo: Mike Martoccia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of on , Antarctica. and are Antarctic research stations located on the . is situated 2½ km northeast of McMurdo Station.

McMurdo Station

Latitude
-77.84834° or 77° 50′ 54″ south
Longitude
166.66834° or 166° 40′ 6″ east
Population
824
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Inception
February 16th, 1956
Operator
United States Antarctic Program
Open location code
2VJ85M29+M8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 515065315
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Wiki­data ID
Q498627
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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: “Cтанцыя Мак-Мёрда”
  • Belarusian: “Мак-Мёрда”
  • Catalan: “Base de McMurdo”
  • Catalan: “Estació de 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: “Cтанция Мак-Мёрдо”
  • 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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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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