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PRONUNCIATION OF MCMURDO SOUND

McMurdo Sound  [məkˈmɜːdəʊ] play
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WHAT DOES MCMURDO SOUND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

McMurdo Sound

McMurdo Sound

McMurdo Sound and its ice-clogged waters extends about 55 kilometres long and wide. The sound connects the Ross Sea to the north with the Ross Ice Shelf cavity to the south via Haskell Strait. The strait is largely covered by the McMurdo Ice Shelf. The Royal Society Range rises from sea level to 4,205 metres on the western shoreline. Ross Island, an historic jumping-off point for polar explorers, designates the eastern boundary. The active volcano Mt Erebus at 3,794 metres dominates Ross Island. Antarctica's largest scientific base, the United States' McMurdo Station, as well as the New Zealand Scott Base are located on the southern shore of the island. Less than 10 percent of McMurdo Sound's shoreline is free of ice. Captain James Clark Ross discovered this sound, which is about 1,300 kilometres from the South Pole, in February 1841, and he named it after Lt. Archibald McMurdo of the HMS Terror. The sound today serves as a resupply route for cargo ships and for airplanes that land on the floating ice airstrips near the McMurdo Station. However, McMurdo Station’s continuous occupation by human beings since 1957-58 has dirtied the harbor of Winter Quarters Bay.

Definition of McMurdo Sound in the English dictionary

The definition of McMurdo Sound in the dictionary is an inlet of the Ross Sea in Antarctica, north of Victoria Land.

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Colorado
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credo
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Delgado
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Ido
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judo
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libido
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lido
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menudo
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passado
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Prado
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privado
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pseudo
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Ricardo
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tuxedo
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Synonyms and antonyms of McMurdo Sound in the English dictionary of synonyms

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麦克默多海峡
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McMurdo Sound
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McMurdo Sound
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मैक्मुर्डो ध्वनि
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ماك موردو الصوت
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пролив МакМердо
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McMurdo
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ম্যাকমার্দো সাউন্ড
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McMurdo Sound
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McMurdo Sound
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McMurdo Sound
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マクマード
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맥머도 사운드
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McMurdo Sound
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McMurdo Sound
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மெக்மர்டோ ஒலி
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मॅकमुरडो ध्वनी
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McMurdo Ses
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McMurdo Sound
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McMurdo Sound
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пролив Макмердо
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McMurdo Sound
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McMurdo Sound
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McMurdo Sound
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McMurdo Sound
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McMurdo Sound
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MCMURDO SOUND»

Discover the use of McMurdo Sound in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to McMurdo Sound and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
The data show that the sedimentary sequence under McMurdo Sound is mainly early Tertiary or older in age, with the post-Eocene section less than 800 m thick. The seismic records show major erosion of the younger sediments, possibly by ...
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Diving with Sharks and Other Adventure Dives
'i Arrival Heights McMurdo Sound Antaretica Oppositi ior i ii i Divers returning to the entrance hole under cloud-like ice cover at Arrival Heights, McMurdo Sound Opposite top right A golden sunset lights up Erehus lee Tongue McMurdo Sound  ...
Jack Jackson, 2005
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Glacial Marine Sedimentation: Paleoclimatic Significance
Bathymetry (from Pyne and others, 1985) and generalized circulation pattern of McMurdo Sound (compiled from Littlepage, 1965; Heath, 1977; Carter and others , 1981; Lewis and Perkin, 1985; and Barry and Dayton, 1989). 60 61 62 78 s,.
John B. Anderson, Gail Mowry Ashley, 1991
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Biology of the Southern Ocean, Second Edition
... Chapter 12 discussed some aspects of the coastal fast ice ecosystem. This section deals with overall ecosystem model. Figure 15.22 is a model of the carbon flow in the mouth of the McMurdo Sound at the edge of the McMurdo Ice Shelf.
George A. Knox, 2006
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
The shallow water benthic community beneath the permanent ice shelf at White Island, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Knox, G. A., and J. K. Lowry 1977. A comparison between the benthos of the Southern Ocean and the North Polar Ocean with ...
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Aves
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Edward Adrian Wilson, 1907
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Natural History
LIST OF MATERIAL IN THE ' DISCOVERY ' COLLECTION. • No. 2f>, 9 , imm. sk. 17 months. About to moult. Feb. 5, 11)04. McMurdo Sound. No. 26, imm. sk. 17 months. About to moult. Feb. 5, 1904. MeMurdo Sound. No. 27, imm. sk. 5 months .
Sir Lazarus Fletcher, Francis Jeffrey Bell, 1907
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Biology of the Antarctic Seas III
With regard to the latter case, we know from scuba dives that there is a tremendous variability in the under-ice configuration. There are networks of cracks and refrozen cracks throughout McMurdo Sound, there is differential thickness of the ice ...
George A. Llano, Waldo L. Schmitt, 1967
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IGY General Report
"Multiple Glaciation in the McMurdo Sound Region, Antarctica." (1) National AAAS Invited Symposium, December 1958, Washington, D.C.; (2) National Meeting Geological Society of America, November 1959, Pittsburgh, Pa. ; (3) XII General ...
World Data Center A., 1965
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Antarctica. Ediz. Inglese
HISTORY Established in 1956, McMurdo takes its name from McMurdo Sound, which Ross named in 1841 after Lieutenant Archibald McMurdo of the ship Terror . The settlement was big right from the start: 93 men wintered the first year.
‎2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MCMURDO SOUND»

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Would you SCUBA dive under Antarctica?
The first modern SCUBA diver in the McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, circa 1960. Courtesy of Princeton Press. According to the book, diving under ... «GlacierHub, Jul 15»
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NSF invites news media to apply for the opportunity to report on NSF …
Studies of population dynamics of penguins and seals in McMurdo Sound. The study of life in extreme sub-ice environments. NOTE: Due to ... «National Science Foundation, Jul 15»
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Two orca teams hit 'research gold'
... discovered that the same female Type-C killer whale had been photographed repeatedly in New Zealand and in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. «Northern Advocate, Jun 15»
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Commuting Secrets of Antarctic Orca
For the past two summers, Dr Eisert has been researching orca and their diet in the McMurdo Sound area of the Ross Sea as part of the Top ... «Radio New Zealand, Jun 15»
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All creatures great and small
Lily Simonson, right, prepares for her first dive in McMurdo Sound with diver Rob Robbins. Eventually, her collaborations with scientists would ... «Antarctic Sun, Jun 15»
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Killer whale migration shows New Zealand-Antarctic ecological link
... killer whale, identified by its unique markings, had been photographed repeatedly in New Zealand and in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. «Global Times, Jun 15»
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Autonomous underwater vehicle for advanced exploration of polar …
Illustration of the Icefin vehicle's modular design (top). Photographs of the Icefin prototype deployed beneath the sea ice in McMurdo Sound, ... «SPIE Newsroom, Jun 15»
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Major Desmond 'Roy' Homard, explorer - obituary
... and the main crossing party, which traversed the 2,000 miles between the Filchner Ice Shelf and McMurdo Sound between November 1957 ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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High adventure physics
Looking down on McMurdo Station and McMurdo Sound from Observation Hill. Clio Sleator, COSI. COSI team members Alex Lowell, and Clio ... «Symmetry magazine, May 15»
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Hidden water found in Antarctica could hold hope for life beyond Earth
The aquifer is widespread, extending from the Ross Sea's McMurdo Sound more than 11 miles into the eastern part of valley. A second system ... «Mashable, Apr 15»

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