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'''Recely Bluff''' is a snow and rock bluff on the northeast slope of [[Mount Siple]] on [[Siple Island]]. | '''Recely Bluff''' is a snow and rock bluff on the northeast slope of [[Mount Siple]] on [[Siple Island]]. | ||
The bluff is 7 nautical miles (13 km) northeast of the summit of the mountain | The bluff is 7 nautical miles (13 km) northeast of the summit of the mountain. | ||
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It was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photography from 1959–65. It was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Frank J. Recely, Jr., an American ionospheric physicist at [[Byrd Station]] in 1965. | |||
[[Category:Siple Island]] |