McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center on the
south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency
on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United
States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National
Science Foundation. The station is the largest community in Antarctica, capable
of supporting up to 1,258 residents and
serves as the United States Antarctic science facility.
