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Mount Sidley

Coordinate: S 77.1353, W 125.975

Transportation: Twin Otter

Closest operations HUB: 407km to WAIS

GPS

Station ID: SDLY

Installed: 2009-2010 season

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Seismic

Station ID: SILY

Installed: 2009-2010 season

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A massive, mainly snow-covered mountain (4,285 m) which is the highest and most imposing of the five extinct volcanic mountains that comprise the Executive Committee Range of Marie Byrd Land. The feature is marked by a spectacular caldera on the southern side and stands NE of Mount Waesche in the southern part of the range. Discovered by R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd on an airplane flight, Nov. 18, 1934, and named by him for Mabelle E. Sidley, the daughter of William Horlick, manufacturer, who was a contributor to the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35 (https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=131588).