Mount Siple
| Mount Siple | |
|---|---|
Ultra | |
| Coordinates | 73°26′S 126°40′W / 73.433°S 126.667°W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Siple Location in Antarctica | |
| Location | Siple Island, Antarctica |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Unknown |
| Mountain type | Shield volcano |
| Volcanic field | Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province |
| Last eruption | Unknown[2] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1993-1994[3] |
Mount Siple is a
tuff cones lie on the lower flanks.[2] Recely Bluff is on the northeast slope of the mountain, about 7 nautical miles (13 km) from the peak. Its volume of 1,800 cubic kilometres (430 cu mi) is comparable to that of Mount Erebus
.
Mount Siple is named after
US Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–41, and was navigator on all major exploratory flights from the base, including the flight on which Mount Siple was discovered.[4]
According to peaklist.org, the volcano was probably climbed, but there is no evidence of this and the summit may have been landed on by helicopter.
The volcano was visited in February 2017 as part of the Swiss Polar Institute's Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition. Al Jazeera English Science and Technology editor Tarek Bazley was on board and filed a news report on his visit to a colony of Adele penguins breeding there.[5][6]
See also
- List of volcanoes in Antarctica
- List of Ultras of Antarctica
- List of islands by highest point
References
- ^ a b "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^ a b c "Siple". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ISSN 0016-7606.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Siple
- ^ "Penguins on the move in a warming world". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- ^ Al Jazeera English (2017-02-25), Antarctica penguins move south in search of cold, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2017-04-21
- LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W., eds. (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. Antarctic Research Series. Vol. 48. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.
External links
- Mount Siple at skimountaineer.com
- "Mount Siple, Antarctica" on Peakbagger
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