Mount Sidley - Revision history

Westarctica: /* Duke of Sidley */ note on new duke

2025-11-24T07:40:51Z

Duke of Sidley: note on new duke

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	However, the newly-christened Duke found himself [[disbarred]] a few short months after his rapid ascension in the government. As reported in the first issue of [[Westarctica Quarterly]], in September 2005, he was stripped of his title, his government post, and sentenced to permanent exile.		However, the newly-christened Duke found himself [[disbarred]] a few short months after his rapid ascension in the government. As reported in the first issue of [[Westarctica Quarterly]], in September 2005, he was stripped of his title, his government post, and sentenced to permanent exile.

			After twenty years of lying dormant, the title was bestowed upon [[Christopher Watson]], Westarctica's [[Foreign Minister]] on 2 November 2025. His Grace became the 2nd Duke of Sidley.

	==Protection by the government==		==Protection by the government==

DukeBearPeninsula: updated info

2025-06-10T17:35:44Z

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	==Protection by the government==		==Protection by the government==
	On 20 April 2025, [[Grand Duke Travis]] protected the mountain under the oversight of the [[Westarctican Parks Service]] as part of [[McHenry Range Conservation ~~Zone~~]]. It was protected in the first group of sites named by the government.		On 20 April 2025, [[Grand Duke Travis]] protected the mountain under the oversight of the [[Westarctican Parks Service]] as part of [[McHenry Range Conservation Area]]. It was protected in the first group of sites named by the government.

	[[Category:Volcanoes]]		[[Category:Volcanoes]]
	[[Category:Mountains]]		[[Category:Mountains]]
	[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]

DukeBearPeninsula: added WPS note

2025-04-28T20:50:04Z

added WPS note

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	However, the newly-christened Duke found himself [[disbarred]] a few short months after his rapid ascension in the government. As reported in the first issue of [[Westarctica Quarterly]], in September 2005, he was stripped of his title, his government post, and sentenced to permanent exile.		However, the newly-christened Duke found himself [[disbarred]] a few short months after his rapid ascension in the government. As reported in the first issue of [[Westarctica Quarterly]], in September 2005, he was stripped of his title, his government post, and sentenced to permanent exile.

			==Protection by the government==
			On 20 April 2025, [[Grand Duke Travis]] protected the mountain under the oversight of the [[Westarctican Parks Service]] as part of [[McHenry Range Conservation Zone]]. It was protected in the first group of sites named by the government.

	[[Category:Volcanoes]]		[[Category:Volcanoes]]
	[[Category:Mountains]]		[[Category:Mountains]]
	[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]

DukeBearPeninsula at 21:48, 25 April 2025

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	The first recorded ascent of Mount Sidley was by New Zealander Bill Atkinson on 11 January 1990, while working in support of a United States Antarctic Program scientific field party.		The first recorded ascent of Mount Sidley was by New Zealander Bill Atkinson on 11 January 1990, while working in support of a United States Antarctic Program scientific field party.
	[[File:SidleyWaescheMap.jpg\|thumb\|Map showing Mt. Sidley and Mt. Waesche]]		[[File:SidleyWaescheMap.jpg\|thumb\|Map showing Mt. Sidley and Mt. Waesche]]

	==Duke of Sidley==		==Duke of Sidley==
	In 2005, [[Grand Duke Travis]] granted the title "Duke of Sidley" to a the leader of a rival Antarctic micronation known as the "Mars Sovereignty." After several months of negotiation (conducted via e-mail, letters, and phone calls) an agreement was reached where the "Mars Theologian" would join [[Westarctica]]'s government as a Minister in the [[Grand Ducal Cabinet]] and become a member of the [[Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica\|Hereditary Nobility]].		In 2005, [[Grand Duke Travis]] granted the title "Duke of Sidley" to a the leader of a rival Antarctic micronation known as the "Mars Sovereignty." After several months of negotiation (conducted via e-mail, letters, and phone calls) an agreement was reached where the "Mars Theologian" would join [[Westarctica]]'s government as a Minister in the [[Grand Ducal Cabinet]] and become a member of the [[Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica\|Hereditary Nobility]].

DukeBearPeninsula: changed Executive Committee Range to McHenry Range

2025-01-14T15:14:20Z

changed Executive Committee Range to McHenry Range

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	'''Mount Sidley''' (77°02′S 126°06′W) is the highest dormant volcano in [[Antarctica]], a member of the Volcanic Seven Summits, with a summit elevation of 4,181–4,285 meters (13,717–14,058 ft). It is also the highest point in [[Westarctica]].		'''Mount Sidley''' (77°02′S 126°06′W) is the highest dormant volcano in [[Antarctica]], a member of the Volcanic Seven Summits, with a summit elevation of 4,181–4,285 meters (13,717–14,058 ft). It is also the highest point in [[Westarctica]].

	Mount Sidley is a massive, mainly snow-covered shield volcano which is the highest and most imposing of the five volcanic mountains that comprise the [[~~Executive Committee~~ Range]] of [[Marie Byrd Land]]. The feature is marked by a spectacular 5 km wide caldera on the southern side and stands ~~north east~~ of [[Mount Waesche]] in the southern part of the range.		Mount Sidley is a massive, mainly snow-covered shield volcano which is the highest and most imposing of the five volcanic mountains that comprise the [[McHenry Range]] of [[Marie Byrd Land]]. The feature is marked by a spectacular 5 km wide caldera on the southern side and stands northeast of [[Mount Waesche]] in the southern part of the range.

	The breached caldera contains the [[Weiss Amphitheater]].		The breached caldera contains the [[Weiss Amphitheater]].

Westarctica at 09:03, 11 March 2022

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	Mount Sidley is a massive, mainly snow-covered shield volcano which is the highest and most imposing of the five volcanic mountains that comprise the [[Executive Committee Range]] of [[Marie Byrd Land]]. The feature is marked by a spectacular 5 km wide caldera on the southern side and stands north east of [[Mount Waesche]] in the southern part of the range.		Mount Sidley is a massive, mainly snow-covered shield volcano which is the highest and most imposing of the five volcanic mountains that comprise the [[Executive Committee Range]] of [[Marie Byrd Land]]. The feature is marked by a spectacular 5 km wide caldera on the southern side and stands north east of [[Mount Waesche]] in the southern part of the range.

			The breached caldera contains the [[Weiss Amphitheater]].

	==Discovery and name==		==Discovery and name==

Westarctica: /* Duke of Sidley */ added note on Westarctica Quarterly

2021-09-02T20:28:17Z

Duke of Sidley: added note on Westarctica Quarterly

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	In 2005, [[Grand Duke Travis]] granted the title "Duke of Sidley" to a the leader of a rival Antarctic micronation known as the "Mars Sovereignty." After several months of negotiation (conducted via e-mail, letters, and phone calls) an agreement was reached where the "Mars Theologian" would join [[Westarctica]]'s government as a Minister in the [[Grand Ducal Cabinet]] and become a member of the [[Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica\|Hereditary Nobility]].		In 2005, [[Grand Duke Travis]] granted the title "Duke of Sidley" to a the leader of a rival Antarctic micronation known as the "Mars Sovereignty." After several months of negotiation (conducted via e-mail, letters, and phone calls) an agreement was reached where the "Mars Theologian" would join [[Westarctica]]'s government as a Minister in the [[Grand Ducal Cabinet]] and become a member of the [[Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica\|Hereditary Nobility]].

	However, the newly-christened Duke found himself [[disbarred]] a few short months after his rapid ascension in the government. In September 2005, he was stripped of his title, his government post, and sentenced to permanent exile.		However, the newly-christened Duke found himself [[disbarred]] a few short months after his rapid ascension in the government. As reported in the first issue of [[Westarctica Quarterly]], in September 2005, he was stripped of his title, his government post, and sentenced to permanent exile.

	[[Category:Volcanoes]]		[[Category:Volcanoes]]
	[[Category:Mountains]]		[[Category:Mountains]]
	[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]

Westarctica: added coordinates

2018-06-23T07:07:29Z

added coordinates

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	[[File:Mount Sidley.png\|thumb\|Peak of Mount Sidley]]		[[File:Mount Sidley.png\|thumb\|Peak of Mount Sidley]]
	'''Mount Sidley''' is the highest dormant volcano in [[Antarctica]], a member of the Volcanic Seven Summits, with a summit elevation of 4,181–4,285 meters (13,717–14,058 ft). It is also the highest point in [[Westarctica]].		'''Mount Sidley''' (77°02′S 126°06′W) is the highest dormant volcano in [[Antarctica]], a member of the Volcanic Seven Summits, with a summit elevation of 4,181–4,285 meters (13,717–14,058 ft). It is also the highest point in [[Westarctica]].

	Mount Sidley is a massive, mainly snow-covered shield volcano which is the highest and most imposing of the five volcanic mountains that comprise the [[Executive Committee Range]] of [[Marie Byrd Land]]. The feature is marked by a spectacular 5 km wide caldera on the southern side and stands north east of [[Mount Waesche]] in the southern part of the range.		Mount Sidley is a massive, mainly snow-covered shield volcano which is the highest and most imposing of the five volcanic mountains that comprise the [[Executive Committee Range]] of [[Marie Byrd Land]]. The feature is marked by a spectacular 5 km wide caldera on the southern side and stands north east of [[Mount Waesche]] in the southern part of the range.

Westarctica: Source content drawn from Wikipedia article on Mount Sidley

2018-04-29T19:27:54Z

Source content drawn from Wikipedia article on Mount Sidley

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[[File:Mount Sidley.png|thumb|Peak of Mount Sidley]]
'''Mount Sidley''' is the highest dormant volcano in [[Antarctica]], a member of the Volcanic Seven Summits, with a summit elevation of 4,181–4,285 meters (13,717–14,058 ft). It is also the highest point in [[Westarctica]].

Mount Sidley is a massive, mainly snow-covered shield volcano which is the highest and most imposing of the five volcanic mountains that comprise the [[Executive Committee Range]] of [[Marie Byrd Land]]. The feature is marked by a spectacular 5 km wide caldera on the southern side and stands north east of [[Mount Waesche]] in the southern part of the range.

==Discovery and name==
The mountain was discovered by Rear Admiral [[Richard E. Byrd]] on an airplane flight on 18 November 1934 and named by him for Mabelle E. Sidley, the daughter of William Horlick who was a contributor to the 1933–35 Byrd Antarctic Expedition.

Despite its lofty status, the volcano languishes in obscurity due to its extremely remote location. It is little known even in the mountaineering world compared to the far more famous [[Mount Erebus]], the second highest Antarctic volcano which is located near the U.S. and New Zealand bases on [[Ross Island]].

The first recorded ascent of Mount Sidley was by New Zealander Bill Atkinson on 11 January 1990, while working in support of a United States Antarctic Program scientific field party.
[[File:SidleyWaescheMap.jpg|thumb|Map showing Mt. Sidley and Mt. Waesche]]
==Duke of Sidley==
In 2005, [[Grand Duke Travis]] granted the title "Duke of Sidley" to a the leader of a rival Antarctic micronation known as the "Mars Sovereignty." After several months of negotiation (conducted via e-mail, letters, and phone calls) an agreement was reached where the "Mars Theologian" would join [[Westarctica]]'s government as a Minister in the [[Grand Ducal Cabinet]] and become a member of the [[Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica|Hereditary Nobility]].

However, the newly-christened Duke found himself [[disbarred]] a few short months after his rapid ascension in the government. In September 2005, he was stripped of his title, his government post, and sentenced to permanent exile.

[[Category:Volcanoes]]
[[Category:Mountains]]
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]