Siple Dome

Siple Dome Field Camp

Siple Dome (81°40′S 148°50′W / 81.667°S 148.833°W / -81.667; -148.833Coordinates: 81°40′S 148°50′W / 81.667°S 148.833°W / -81.667; -148.833) is an ice dome approximately 100 km wide and 100 km long, located 130 km east of Siple Coast in Antarctica. Charles Bentley and Robert Thomas established a "strain rosette" on this feature to determine ice movement in 1973-74. They referred to the feature as Siple Dome because of its proximity to Siple Coast.

In popular culture

• Siple Dome is referenced (in a fictionalized context) in the song "Fall of Sipledome" by thrash metal band Testament (on their 1999 album The Gathering).

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Siple Dome" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).