Siple Island

Siple Island
Lage der Siple-Insel
Mount Siple auf Siple Island

Siple (engl. Siple Island) ist eine permanent schneebedeckte, unbewohnte Insel in der Antarktis. Sie liegt in der Westantarktis, durch das Getz-Schelfeis von der Bakutis-Küste des Marie-Byrd-Landes getrennt.

Das Klima ist, entsprechend der Lage der Insel, polar, also eiskalt und windig.

Die rund 110 Kilometer lange Insel mit einer Fläche von etwa 6.390 km² wird im Nordwesten von dem 3.110 m hohen Mount Siple, einem inaktiven Vulkan, dominiert.

Insel und Berg sind nach Paul Allman Siple (1908-1968), einem US-amerikanischen Antarktisforscher und Geographen, benannt.

-73.733333333333-125.27Koordinaten: 73° 44′ S, 125° 12′ W


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