Mount Siple Antarctica Expedition

Mount Siple is a potentially active Antarctic shield volcano, rising to 3,162 metres and dominating the northwest part of Siple Island, which is separated from the Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land, by the Getz Ice Shelf. Its youthful appearance strongly suggests that it last erupted in the Holocene. It is capped by a 4-by-5-kilometre summit caldera, and tuf…
Mount Siple is a potentially active Antarctic shield volcano, rising to 3,162 metres and dominating the northwest part of Siple Island, which is separated from the Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land, by the Getz Ice Shelf. Its youthful appearance strongly suggests that it last erupted in the Holocene. It is capped by a 4-by-5-kilometre summit caldera, and tuff cones lie on the lower flanks. Recely Bluff is on the northeast slope of the mountain, about 7 nautical miles from the peak. Its volume of 1,800 cubic kilometres is comparable to that of Mount Erebus.
  • Elevation: 3,162 m (10,374 ft)
  • Location: Siple Island, Antarctica
  • Prominence: 3,162 m (10,374 ft)
  • Listing: Ultra, Ribu
  • Rock age: Unknown
  • Mountain type: Shield volcano
  • Volcanic field: Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province

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