Siple Dome
Siple Dome Field Camp | |
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Camp | |
Siple Dome Field Camp in 2012 | |
| Coordinates: 81°39′15″S 149°00′18″W / 81.654303°S 149.005134°W | |
| Country | United States |
| Location in Antarctica | Siple Dome Marie Byrd Land Antarctica |
| Administered by | National Science Foundation |
| Established | 1996 |
| Elevation | 730 m (2,400 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | Up to 60 |
| Type | Seasonal |
Siple Dome (81°39′15″S 149°00′18″W / 81.65430285°S 149.0051336°W) is an ice dome approximately 100 km wide and 100 km long, located 130 km east of Siple Coast in Antarctica. Charles Bentley and Robert Thomas established a "strain rosette" on this feature to determine ice movement in 1973–74. They referred to the feature as Siple Dome because of its proximity to Siple Coast.