McMurdo (disambiguation)

McMurdo is a surname, as well as a name given to many places in Antarctica, including:

Places in Antarctica

• McMurdo Station, a station at the southern tip of Ross Island in Antarctica
• South Pole Traverse, also known as the McMurdo – South Pole highway
• McMurdo Sound, a sound lying at the junction of the Ross Sea
• McMurdo Ice Shelf, a portion of the Ross Ice Shelf
• McMurdo Dry Valleys, a row of valleys in Victoria Land

Surname

• Archibald McMurdo (1812–1894), British naval officer, has many places in Antarctica named after him
• Margaret McMurdo (born 1954), Australian judge
• Wendy McMurdo (born 1962), British artist

Other uses

• McMurdo (crater), a crater in the Mare Australe quadrangle of Mars