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Murchison

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Murchison may refer to:

Geographical features

National parks

  • Iytwelepenty / Davenport Ranges National Park in Australia
  • Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda
  • Murchison Mountains, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Places

Australia

South Africa

  • Murchison, KwaZulu-Natal
  • Murchison, Limpopo

Other places

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

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
  • 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
  • Michael Murchison, Australian music producer
  • 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
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