McMurdo Sound
Proper noun
Meaning
McMurdo Sound
(geography) A sound of Ross Island in Antarctica.
Examples
Brunt said there is a region in the extreme southwest corner of McMurdo Sound where it appears the multi-year sea ice had been trapped by the Dailey Islands and McMurdo Ice Shelf.
Raw sewage went directly into McMurdo Sound.
The team’s sedimentologists, who describe the core’s characteristics, identified more than 60 cycles when ice sheets or glaciers advanced and retreated across McMurdo Sound.