Reece Pass
| Reece Pass | |||
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| Compass direction | north | south | |
| Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Fosdick Mountains , Ford Ranges | ||
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| Coordinates | 76 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ S , 144 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ W | ||
The Reece Pass is a mountain pass with north-south orientation in the West Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . It runs east of Mount Colombo and Mount Richardson in the eastern part of the Fosdick Mountains in the Ford Ranges .
Participants of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered him during overflights from the western base . A team of biologists visited him on this research trip in 1940. It is named after Jerry Arnold Reece (1903–1981), a radio operator on the western base.
Web links
- Reece Pass in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Reece Pass on geographic.org (English)