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McMurdo Sound
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/McMurdo_Sound
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:music
gptkbp:adjacentTo
gptkb:Victoria_Land
gptkb:McMurdo_Ice_Shelf
gptkb:Ross_Island
gptkbp:claimedBy
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:contains
gptkb:McMurdo_Station
gptkb:Scott_Base
gptkb:Icebreaker_Channel
gptkbp:discoveredBy
gptkb:James_Clark_Ross
gptkbp:discoveredIn
1841
gptkbp:frozenPeriod
most of the year
gptkbp:hasNearbyCape
gptkb:Cape_Barne
gptkb:Cape_Washington
gptkb:Cape_Evans
gptkb:Cape_Russell
gptkb:Cape_Bernacchi
gptkb:Cape_Chocolate
gptkb:Cape_Roberts
gptkb:Cape_Sastrugi
gptkb:Cape_Selborne
gptkb:Cape_Spencer-Smith
gptkb:Cape_Tennyson
gptkb:Cape_Armitage
gptkb:Cape_Bird
gptkb:Cape_Crozier
gptkb:Cape_Royds
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
McMurdo Sound
gptkbp:length
55 km
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Antarctica
gptkb:Ross_Sea
gptkbp:maximumDepth
900 m
gptkbp:namedAfter
gptkb:Archibald_McMurdo
gptkbp:nearby
gptkb:Barne_Glacier
gptkb:Black_Island
gptkb:Brown_Island
gptkb:Drygalski_Ice_Tongue
gptkb:Ferrar_Glacier
gptkb:Scott_Glacier
gptkb:White_Island
gptkb:Blue_Glacier
gptkb:Erebus_Glacier
gptkb:Kirkwood_Glacier
gptkb:Mount_Erebus
gptkb:Ross_Island
gptkbp:notableFor
scientific research
logistical hub for Antarctic expeditions
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Ross_Dependency
gptkbp:width
45 km
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:McMurdo_Station
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5