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Siple Coast
Coast in Antarctica From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Siple Coast (/ˈsaɪpəl/ SIGH-p'l;[1] 82°0′S 155°0′W) is the middle portion of the relatively ill-defined coast along the east side of the Ross Ice Shelf, between the north end of Gould Coast (83°30′S 153°00′W) and the south end of Shirase Coast (80°10′S 151°00′W). The area was originally called Kirton Coast, but was renamed by NZ-APC in 1961 after Paul A. Siple, a noted American scientist-explorer who accompanied R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd on all of his Antarctic expeditions.
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Further reading
- Bindschadler, R. (1993), Siple Coast Project research of Crary Ice Rise and the mouths of Ice Streams B and C, West Antarctica: Review and new perspectives, Journal of Glaciology, 39(133), 538–552. doi:10.3189/S0022143000016439
External links
- Siple Coast on USGS website
- Siple Coast on SCAR website
- Siple Coast Ice Velocities
- Satellite image of the Siple Coast
References
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