Murchison
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Murchison may refer to:
Geographical features
- Lake Murchison, Tasmania, Australia * Mount Murchison (Tasmania), Australia * Murchison bioregion, a bioregion in Western Australia * Murchison Falls, Uganda * Murchison Glacier, New Zealand * Murchison Island, an island in Lake Nipigon, Ontario, Canada * Murchison Promontory, Canada * Murchison Range, Stauning Alps, Greenland * Murchison River (disambiguation) * Murchison Sound, Greenland
- Iytwelepenty / Davenport Ranges National Park in Australia * Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda * Murchison Mountains, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
Australia
- Electoral district of Murchison-Eyre, a former state electorate of Western Australia * Electoral division of Murchison, an electorate in the Tasmanian Legislative Council * Murchison County, New South Wales * Murchison, Victoria * Murchison (Western Australia), a sub-region in the state * Shire of Murchison, a local government area in Western Australia ** Murchison Settlement, within the Shire
- Murchison, KwaZulu-Natal * Murchison, Limpopo
- Murchison, New Zealand * Murchison, Texas, United States
Murchison may refer to:
Geographical features
Lake Murchison, Tasmania, Australia Mount Murchison (Tasmania), Australia Murchison bioregion, a bioregion in Western Australia Murchison Falls, Uganda Murchison Glacier, New Zealand Murchison Island, an island in Lake Nipigon, Ontario, Canada Murchison Promontory, Canada Murchison Range, Stauning Alps, Greenland Murchison River (disambiguation) Murchison Sound, Greenland
National parks
Iytwelepenty / Davenport Ranges National Park in Australia Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda Murchison Mountains, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
Places
Australia
Electoral district of Murchison-Eyre, a former state electorate of Western Australia Electoral division of Murchison, an electorate in the Tasmanian Legislative Council Murchison County, New South Wales Murchison, Victoria Murchison (Western Australia), a sub-region in the state Shire of Murchison, a local government area in Western Australia Murchison Settlement, within the Shire
South Africa
Murchison, KwaZulu-Natal Murchison, Limpopo
Other places
Murchison, New Zealand Murchison, Texas, United States
Science
Murchison Award, awarded by the Royal Geographical Society The Murchison Fund, awarded by the Geological Society of London Murchison Medal, awarded by the Geological Society of London Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, a designated radio quiet zone in Western Australia. Murchison Widefield Array, a radio telescope in Western Australia
Other uses
Murchison (crater), a crater on the Moon Murchison Building in Wilmington, North Carolina Murchison Highway, a road in Tasmania Murchison letter, a political scandal in 1888 in U.S. Murchison meteorite, which fell in 1969 near Murchison, Victoria, Australia The Murchison Murders which occurred in the 1930s in the Murchison region of Western Australia HMAS Murchison (K442), a warship of the Royal Australian Navy In re Murchison, a 1955 U.S. Supreme Court case during the Warren Court
People with the surname
Alice Lynne Murchison, maiden name of Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton Carl Murchison (1887–1961), American psychologist Charles Murchison (politician) (1872–1952), British politician Charles Murchison (physician) (1830–1879), British physician Charlotte Murchison (1788–1869), Scottish geologist Christian Murchison (b. 1980), Singaporean racing driver Clint Murchison Jr. (1923–1987), Texas businessman Clint Murchison Sr. (1895–1969), Texas businessman Elizabeth Murchison, British-Australian geneticist Ira Murchison (1933–1994), American athlete Kenneth Murchison (1794–1854), British diplomat Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison (1872–1938), American architect Larrell Murchison (b. 1997), American football player Loren Murchison (1898–1979), American athlete Lucia Murchison (1900–1983), American social worker Roderick Murchison (1792–1871), Scottish geologist for whom most of the geographical features above are directly or indirectly named Sally Fletcher-Murchison (b. 1933), American-Hawaiian ceramicist Tim Murchison (1896–1962), American baseball player William Murchison, American political columnist
See also
Davenport Murchison Ranges bioregion Mount Murchison (disambiguation)
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