Power Plant
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power plant, diesel generator
The large diesel generators in this building are capable of supplying the total power requirement of McMurdo Station. The burden on the plant was lightened somewhat by the opening of the Ross Island Wind Farm (on Crater Hill) in early 2010.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 77°50'48"S 166°39'35"E
- Ross Island Wind Farm 1.5 km
- Powerhouse 2.5 km
- Erebus Glacier Tongue 16 km
- Dailey Islands 36 km
- Terror Point 44 km
- MacKay Cape 46 km
- Lewis Bay 61 km
- Tennyson Cape 66 km
- Briggs Hill 1210 m 86 km
- Commonwealth Glacier 86 km
- Lake Fryxell 87 km
- Beaufort Island 100 km