Yes, here is the relevant section of the documentation:
AUTOMATIC LINKS
Markdown supports a shortcut style for creating “automatic” links for URLs and email addresses: simply surround the URL or email address with angle brackets. What this means is that if you want to show the actual text of a URL or email address, and also have it be a clickable link, you can do this:
<http://example.com/>Markdown will turn this into:
<a href="http://example.com/">http://example.com/</a>