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Close ✕McMurdo Station
The largest settlement in Antarctica, on the volcanic rock of Hut Point Peninsula at the southern tip of Ross Island - the furthest south a ship can reach - and operated by the United…
-77.8, 166.7 · approximate · established 1956; operating
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- A place in: Life at the Poles · 4 places
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- located in Antarctica — The station stands on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, the furthest south a ship can normally reach, and is the logistics gateway to the polar plateau.
- constrained by The Antarctic Treaty (1959) — Article I restricts the station to peaceful purposes and Article VII makes it open to inspection by observers of any consultative party at any time.
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