Siple Coast

Siple Coast

Siple Coast (coord|82|0|S|155|0|W|) is the middle portion of the relatively ill-defined coast along the east side of the Ross Ice Shelf, between the north end of Gould Coast (coord|83|30|S|153|00|W|) and the south end of Shirase Coast (coord|80|10|S|151|00|W|). It was named by NZ-APC in 1961 after Paul A. Siple, noted American scientist-explorer who accompanied R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd on all his Antarctic expeditions.


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