This page presents the geographical name data for Recely Bluff in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division.
Feature Name (see definition): Recely Bluff
Feature Class (see definition): Cliff
Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID (see definition): 12414
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
73° 10' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
125° 46' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -73.1666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -125.7666667
Elevation (see definition): No data
Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1966
Description (see definition): A snow and rock bluff on the NE slope of Mount Siple on Siple Island. The bluff is 7 mi NE of the summit of the mountain. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Frank J. Recely, Jr., U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station in 1965.
Date Created (see definition): No data
Date Edited (see definition): No data