Murchison may refer to:

==Geographical features==<!-- alphabetized -->

  • 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==<!-- alphabetized by country -->

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==<!-- alphabetized -->

  • 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&ndash;1961), American psychologist
  • Charles Murchison (politician) (1872&ndash;1952), British politician
  • Charles Murchison (physician) (1830&ndash;1879), British physician
  • Charlotte Murchison (1788–1869), Scottish geologist
  • Christian Murchison (b. 1980), Singaporean racing driver
  • Clint Murchison Jr. (1923&ndash;1987), Texas businessman
  • Clint Murchison Sr. (1895&ndash;1969), Texas businessman
  • Elizabeth Murchison, British-Australian geneticist
  • Ira Murchison (1933&ndash;1994), American athlete
  • Kenneth Murchison (1794&ndash;1854), British diplomat
  • Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison (1872&ndash;1938), American architect
  • Larrell Murchison (b. 1997), American football player
  • Loren Murchison (1898&ndash;1979), American athlete
  • Lucia Murchison (1900&ndash;1983), American social worker
  • Roderick Murchison (1792&ndash;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&ndash;1962), American baseball player
  • William Murchison, American political columnist

See also

  • Davenport Murchison Ranges bioregion
  • Mount Murchison (disambiguation)