Siple Coast

-82 - 155Koordinaten: 82 ° 0 ' 0 " S, 155 ° 0' 0 " W

The Siple Coast, Eng. Siple Coast, is the central part of the Ross Sea coast of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica. The whole coastline is lined by the Ross Ice Shelf. The coast line is blurred defined, since massive rivers of ice cover the land and flow into the ice shelf. These include Bindschadler, Kamb and Whillans ice stream -. This opening at the Siple Coast ice streams are shallow foundation, characterized by very small bed and surface slopes, and a strongly fluctuating dynamics.

The climatic conditions at the Siple Coast are characterized by frequent katabatic winds that blow from the West Antarctic out over the Ross Ice Shelf and play an essential role in the formation of sea ice.

The coast was named after the Antarctic explorer Paul Siple (1908-1968), who took part in six Antarctic expeditions, including the first two expeditions of Richard Evelyn Byrd to the Siple Coast ( 1928-1930 ). In addition to the Siple Coast and the Siple Island and Mount Siple were named after him.