McMurdo General Hospital
McMurdo General Hospital is a hospital building in Antarctica. McMurdo General Hospital is situated nearby to the fire station Antarctic Fire Department, as well as near the public building Southern Exposure Club.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
- Type: Hospital building
- Description: hospital in McMurdo Station, Antarctica
- Address: 142
- Roof shape: gabled
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapel of the Snows and Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center.
Chapel of the Snows
Church
Photo: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0.
The Chapel of the Snows is a non-denominational Christian church at the United States' McMurdo Station on Ross Island, Antarctica. Initially built from scrap material in 1956, it burned down in 1978 and was rebuilt in 1989. Chapel of the Snows is situated 180 metres west of McMurdo General Hospital.
Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center
Office building
The Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center, located at McMurdo Station, was dedicated in November 1991 by the National Science Foundation. The laboratory is named in honor of geophysicist and glaciologist Albert P. Albert P. Crary Science and Engineering Center is situated 120 metres southwest of McMurdo General Hospital.
Observation Hill
Peak
Photo: Gmarsden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Observation Hill is a steep 754-foot hill adjacent to McMurdo Station in Antarctica and commonly called "Ob Hill". It is frequently climbed to get good viewing points across the continent.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include McMurdo Station and Fortress Rocks.
McMurdo Station
Town
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.
Fortress Rocks
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 Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. McMurdo Station and Scott Base are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.
Scott Base
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Scott Base is a New Zealand Antarctic research station at Pram Point on Ross Island near Mount Erebus in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim.
McMurdo General Hospital
- Categories: hospital, building, and health care
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.84677° or 77° 50′ 48″ southLongitude
166.66926° or 166° 40′ 9″ eastLevels
1Open location code
2VJ85M39+7POpenStreetMap ID
way 329708553OpenStreetMap feature
building=hospitalOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=gabledWikidata ID
Q54935221
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“McMurdo General Hospital” goes by many names.
- German: “McMurdo General Hospital”
- Turkish: “MekMürdö Bölge Hastanesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Antarctic Fire Department and Southern Exposure Club.
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