The McMurdo Antarctica station was opened in by the United States in 1956. It had been used previously under different names by British explorers. The temperature is rarely above freezing.
McMurdo Station is about one square kilometer in size.
McMurdo Station is located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand - claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica.
The coordinates for McMurdo Station in Antarctica are 77.8500° S, 166.6667° E.
McMurdo is not a colony. McMurdo is a science research station developed by the United States of America.
McMurdo Station in Antarctica is supported by the United States of America through its National Science Foundation. All of Antarctica is managed by the Antarctic Treaty.
The McMurdo Station, Operated by the United States.
The flight distance between these two stations is about 750 miles.
You can find McMurdo Station using GPS coordinates 77°51′S 166°40′E.
McMurdo Research Station is one -- and there are many others. You can review the list, below.
No, it is a research station located in Antarctica located on the southern tip of Ross Island
The largest research station in Antarctica is funded by USA: McMurdo. The coldest research station is funded by Russia: Vostok.
The McMurdo Dry Valleys lie across McMurdo Sound from the McMurdo Research Station, and are areas devoid of ice. This landscape has been compared to the surface of the planet Mars.