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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.

After the successful conclusion of the Siple War and the restoration of peace in Antarctica in 2010, Travis decided to grant full possession of Siple Island to his former adversary Grand Duke Niels of Flandrensis. Niels was given the title Prince of Siple and authority to rule the island in his own right as a royal prince.

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• 14 Jan - The Westarctica Conservation Scholarship is renamed Count of Krigsvold Fellowship.
• 7 Jan - Senator Ella Westerly resigns from the Senate of Westarctica.
• 7 Jan - The Senate of Westarctica approves Constitutional Amendment CA-2025-001.
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• 3 Nov - Grand Duke Travis receives the Order of the Decennial Star from the Empire of Karnia-Ruthenia.
• 28 Oct - Icebreaker Akademik Tryoshnikov departs St. Petersburg on a Brazilian-Russian expedition.
• 03 Oct - Sir Charles Ross resigns as Foreign Minister.

This month in history January - Burke Island was discovered using aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6. (1960) The Balleny Islands 09 January - Candidates for the 2019 Prime Minister election are announced. (2019) 12 January - The Consul-General is deployed to the Persian Gulf in anticipation of war with Iraq. (2003) 14 January - Grand Duke Travis abdicated the throne of Westarctica and transferred the title, office, and all responsibilities as ruler to the Duke of Ravencroft, who had previously served as Minister of Information. The Duke was subsequently crowned as Grand Duke Philip of Westarctica. (2006) 14 January - Westarctica formally annexes the Balleny Islands (map pictured) from New Zealand. (2005) 15 January - The Duke of Goldstream passes away. (2023) 17 January - Grand Duke Travis hosts Carolyn Yagjian for a state visit in Los Angeles. (2019) 18 January - Bodies of ancient crustaceans are found beneath subglacial Lake Mercer. (2019) 24 January - The Royal Blockchain Authority is established to create a Westarctican cryptocurrency. (2018) 27 January - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen becomes the first person to sight land in Antarctica. (1820) 28 January - The Radlinski Earldom is established in the Whitmore Mountains and granted to Jeanne Morin, sister of the Duke of Ellsworth. (2002) 28 January - The Westarctican College of Arms is created. (2020)

Featured image The Westarctican Colony of Calsahara is a dependent colony of Westarctica located entirely within the U.S. state of California near the unincorporated community of California Valley on the Carrizio Plain. Calsahara was founded by Travis McHenry on 24 November 2009, and existed as an independent sovereign state until it was conquered without resistance during the Invasion of Calsahara by the Westarctican Royal Guards on 29 October 2017. All laws of Calsahara were overturned and replaced with the Article of Eternal Union, which established Grand Duke Travis as Overlord of Calsahara and made the territory an eternal colony of Westarctica. Photographer: Grand Duke Travis (More Images)

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