Murchison

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Murchison is the name of:

• Roderick Murchison, Scottish geologist
• Ira Murchison, American athlete
• Loren Murchison, American athlete.
• Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison, American architect
• Alice Lynne Murchison, the maiden name of Lindy Chamberlain

of several places:

• Murchison, New Zealand is the name of a town on the west coast of New Zealand's South Island
• Murchison region of Western Australia is a region in Western Australia
• Murchison, Victoria is a small rural village located on the Goulburn River in Victoria, Australia
• Murchison, Texas, a city in Henderson County, Texas, USA
• Mt. Murchison, the original name of the town of Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia
• Murchison Falls National Park, a national park in Uganda

of a number of geographical features:

• Murchison Range, a range of mountains in South Africa
• Murchison Mountains, a range of mountains in the South Island of New Zealand
• Davenport Murchison Ranges in Australia
• Davenport Murchison National Park in Australia
• Murchison Glacier, in the South Island of New Zealand
• Murchison River, New Zealand, which flows from the Murchison Glacier
• Murchison River, Western Australia.
• Murchison Island, an island in Lake Nipigon in Canada

and of:

• Murchison Prize, a medal awarded by the Royal Geographical Society
• HMAS Murchison, a warship of the Royal Australian Navy
• Murchison meteorite, a meteorite which fell on September 28, 1969 near Murchison, Victoria, Australia
• Murchison (crater), a crater on the moon.
• The Murchison Murders which occurred in the 1930s in the Murchison region of Western Australia
• Murchison Highway, a road in Tasmania