# Recely Bluff

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**Recely Bluff** is a snow and rock bluff on the northeast slope of [Mount Siple](/source/Mount_Siple) on [Siple Island](/source/Siple_Island). The bluff is 7 nautical miles (13 km) northeast of the summit of the [mountain](/source/Mountain). It is mapped by the [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey) (USGS) from surveys and [U.S. Navy](/source/U.S._Navy) aerial photography, 1959–65. It was named by the [Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names](/source/Advisory_Committee_on_Antarctic_Names) (US-ACAN) for [Frank J. Recely](/source/Frank_J._Recely), Jr., a [United States Antarctic Research Program](/source/United_States_Antarctic_Research_Program) (USARP) ionospheric physicist at [Byrd Station](/source/Byrd_Station) in 1965.

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