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The feature is marked by a 5-kilometre-wide (3.1 mi) caldera [3] on the southern side and stands northeast of Mount Waesche in the southern part of the range. The mountain was discovered by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd on an airplane flight, on November 18, 1934, and named by him for Mabelle E. Sidley, the daughter of William Horlick who was a ...
The Marie Byrd Land Volcanic Province is a volcanic field in northern Marie Byrd Land of West Antarctica, consisting of over 18 large shield volcanoes, 30 small volcanic centres and possibly many more centres buried under the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
It is situated immediately north of Mount Sidley in the Executive Committee Range, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service expedition on a flight, December 15, 1940, and named for R. Admiral Charles C. Hartigan, United States Navy, Navy Department member of the Antarctic Service Executive Committee.
Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica.With an area of 1,610,000 km 2 (620,000 sq mi), it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th century.
Kuwaiti climber Yousef Al Refaie made a Guinness World Record [7] and became youngest climber in the world and the first Middle Eastern Arab [8] to complete the Seven Volcanic Summits at the age of 24 years 119 days when he scaled Mount Sidley (4,285 metres (14,058 ft)) in Antarctica on 22 December 2021, surpassing Indian mountaineer Satyarup ...
Roadside attractions actually have a long history, with many built in the 1920s and 30s. ... it's long been welcoming visitors to tour its corn murals and artwork for free. John Elk - Getty Images ...
Mountaineering and other types of adventure tourism and ecotourism are important attractions for visitors. The world heritage site Lumbini , birthplace of Gautama Buddha, is located in southern Nepal, and there are other important religious pilgrimage sites throughout the country.
Sidley may refer to: Sidley, East Sussex, England Sidley railway station; Sidley United F.C. football club; Sidley Austin, American legal firm; Mount Sidley, a volcano in Antarctica; Sidley Wood, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire, U.K.