Siple Island

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Location of Siple Island
Location of Siple Island

Siple Island is a 110 km long snow-covered island lying east of Wrigley Gulf along the Getz Ice Shelf off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Its centre is located at 73°39′S, 125°00′W.

Its area is about 6,500 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.

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List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

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