English Explanatory Dictionary

McMurdo Sound

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A sound in Ross Island, Antarctica.

Word forms

McMurdo Sound

Etymology

Captain James Clark Ross discovered the sound in February of 1841 and named it after Lieutenant Archibald McMurdo of HMS Terror.

Derived words

McMurdo Station
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