Siple Island

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name = Siple


image caption = Location of Siple Island
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Siple Island is a 110 km long snow-covered island lying east of Wrigley Gulf along the Getz Ice Shelf off Bakutis Coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Its centre is located at coord|73|39|S|125|12|W|.

Its area is 6,390 km² 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 the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1967 in honour of the Antarctic explorer Paul A. Siple (1908 - 1968), member of Admiral Byrd's expeditions.

See also

List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

External links

* [http://usarc.usgs.gov/antarctic_atlas/index.html U.S. Geological Survey, Atlas of Antarctic Research]