McMurdo Station - Wikipedia
McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research station on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand –claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program (USAP), a branch of the National Science Foundation.
McMurdo Station - NSF - National Science Foundation
McMurdo Station, located at 77 degrees 51 minutes S, 166 degrees 40 minutes E, is the largest Antarctic station. McMurdo is built on the bare volcanic rock of Hut Point Peninsula on Ross Island, the solid ground farthest south that is accessible by ship. The station was established in December 1955.
The USAP Portal: Science and Support in Antarctica - McMurdo ...
McMurdo Station (77°51'S, 166°40'E), the main U.S. station in Antarctica, is a coastal station at the southern tip of Ross Island, about 3,864 km (2,415 miles) south of Christchurch, New Zealand, and 1,360 km (850 miles) north of the South Pole.
McMurdo Sound - Wikipedia
The McMurdo Sound is a sound in Antarctica, known as the southernmost passable body of water in the world, located approximately 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) from the South Pole. [1] Captain James Clark Ross discovered the sound in February of 1841 and named it after Lieutenant Archibald McMurdo of HMS Terror. [2]
McMurdo Station - Antarctica
A US research and support facility that was established in 1955 at the southernmost point of Antarctica where bare ground is accessible by ship. It is the largest base in Antarctica by a considerable margin with around 1000 personnel (up to …
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Weather anomaly experienced in the McMurdo Dry Valleys USAP Headlines Thursday September 05, 2024 An atmospheric river event in March 2022 led to record warm temperatures over much of Antarctica. Continue Reading
McMurdo Station | Population, Temperature, & Facts - Britannica
McMurdo Station is a research and logistics hub located on Ross Island’s Hut Point Peninsula, Antarctica. Operated by the American National Science Foundation (NSF) with the assistance of the U.S. military, the station is the largest town in Antarctica.
A Next-Generation Antarctic Science Station
2019年3月7日 · The Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization for Science project, or AIMS, will be one of the first major infrastructure modernization projects at McMurdo Station since its establishment in 1956.
McMurdo Station - Atlas Obscura
2011年3月8日 · Located on a volcanic rock marking the southernmost solid ground accessible by ship, McMurdo Station is the gateway of most all scientific, private, and touristic jaunts into the Antarctic.
Antarctica and the Big Bang: Science at the World's Bottom
2013年1月23日 · Scientists at McMurdo Station in Antarctica use their location on the southernmost continent to study astronomy, biology, climatology and more.