Siple Island

Siple Island is a massive, snow-covered island, 110 km long, lying E of Wrigley Gulf along the Getz Ice Shelf off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Its centre lies at coordinates . Its area is about 6,500 km and it is dominated by the dormant shield volcano Mount Siple, rising to 3,110 m - making this the 17th ranking island in the world by maximum altitude. Island and mountain were named by US-ACAN in 1967 in honour of Antarctic explorer Paul A. Siple (1908 - 1968), member of Admiral Byrd's expeditions.

 

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