Mount Siple

Topographic map of Mount Siple

Aerial view of Mount Siple

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Mount Siple is a currently inactive shield volcano in Antarctica.

The 3,110 m high volcano is an extensive snow- covered mountain with a conical construction. He dominated the northwestern part of the Siple Island, which is separated by the Getz Ice Shelf from the Bakutis Coast.

The mountain is named after Paul Allman Siple (1908-1968), an American Antarctic explorer and geographer who took part in six Antarctic expeditions, including the first two expeditions of Richard Evelyn Byrd to the Siple Coast (1928-1930) and the Siple island ( 1933-1935 ). The mountain was discovered during a reconnaissance flight, served as a navigator in the Siple.