Siple Island is a long snow-covered island lying east of
Wrigley Gulf along the
Getz Ice Shelf off
Bakutis Coast of
Marie Byrd Land,
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...
. Its centre is located at .
Its area is and it is dominated by the dormant
shield volcano
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Mount Siple, rising to — making this the
15th ranking island in the world by maximum
elevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic datum § ...
.
The feature was first indicated as an island on
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) maps compiled from ground surveys and
U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65.
Island and mountain were named by the
United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1967 in honour of the American Antarctic explorer
Paul A. Siple (1909–1968), member of
Admiral Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, p ...
's expeditions.
Geographic features
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The Blob
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- mound-shaped knoll
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Recely Bluff - bluff on northeast slope of Mount Siple.
See also
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Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about ...
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List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
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List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
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List of volcanoes in Antarctica
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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is an interdisciplinary body of the International Science Council (ISC). SCAR coordinates international scientific research efforts in Antarctica, including the Southern Ocean.
SCAR's scien ...
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Territorial claims in Antarctica
References
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Islands of Marie Byrd Land
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