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Siple Island is a 110 km (68 mi) long snow-covered island lying east of Wrigley Gulf along the Getz Ice Shelf off the Bakutis Coast of Westarctica.
Siple Island has played an important part in Westarctica's history, having been one of the earliest areas to which a title in the Baronage was attached in 2004. It later became the focus of the Siple War waged between Westarctica and the Grand Duchy of Flandrensis during the first half of 2009. Shortly after the transition of Westarctica from the Achaean Territory of Antarctica, Emilio Garcia-Sanchez, a resident of Spain, expressed interest in joining the new nation as a member of the nobility. After some time, Grand Duke Travis granted Emilio the title Viscount of Siple with authority over the entirety of Siple Island.