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McMurdo Sound
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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
en sound isl/Ross Island cont/Antarctica.
Derived terms
en McMurdo Station
en eponyms
en Antarctica