McMurdo Sound

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

McMurdo Sound

  1. A sound in Ross Island, Antarctica.

Derived terms

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