Explore: Mcmurdo Sound

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)

McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research station on the southern tip of Ross Island. It is operated by the United States through the United States

Land, Antarctica, east of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet and west of McMurdo Sound and the Ross Sea. The Dry Valleys are notable for being the coldest

Ross Island is an island in Antarctica lying on the east side of McMurdo Sound and extending 43 nautical miles (80 km; 49 mi) from Cape Bird in the north

result that the aircraft, instead of being directed by computer down McMurdo Sound (as the crew had been led to believe), was instead rerouted to a path

actual mirage. From McMurdo Station in Antarctica, Fata Morganas are often seen during the Antarctic spring and summer, across McMurdo Sound. An Antarctic Fata

conditions also affect the harbor, which ices over in winter and the whole McMurdo Sound is covered by sea ice. There is many types of vehicles to traverse different

collision. Iceberg B-15A continued to drift along the coast leaving McMurdo Sound. On 27–28 October 2005, the iceberg ran aground off Cape Adare in Victoria

the Ross Sea in Victoria Land from Cape Adare to McMurdo Sound, the Ross Ice Shelf from McMurdo Sound to near the Scott Glacier, and the West Antarctic

Antarctic Sound, separates the Joinville Island group from the northeast end of the Antarctic Peninsula. Bird Sound Lang Sound Macfie Sound McMurdo Sound, a