Key facts
- Location
- Western Antarctica
- Area
- 6,390 km (2,470 sq mi)
- Area rank
- 100th
- Length
- 110 km (68 mi)
- Highest elevation
- 3,110 m (10200 ft)
- Highest point
- Mount Siple
- Population
- Uninhabited
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Continent
- Antarctica
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 6390
- Elevation
- 3110
- Body of water
- Ross Sea
- Highest point
- Mount Siple
- Location
- Antarctica
- Image
- MountSipleUSNavy1985.jpg
- Width
- 62
- Length
- 110
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- Siple Island
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Encyclopedic overview
Siple Island (/ˈsaɪpəl/ SIGH-p'l) is a 110 km (68 mi) 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 73°51′S 125°50′W / 73.850°S 125.833°W / -73.850; -125.833.
Its area is 6,390 km (2,467 sq mi) and it is dominated by the dormant shield volcano Mount Siple, rising to 3,110 m (10,203 ft) — making Siple the 15th ranking island in the world in terms of maximum elevation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Siple Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.