Reece Pass is a north–south pass just east of

Mount Colombo Mount Colombo () is a mountainous projection in the northeast part of the main massif of the Fosdick Mountains, standing north of Mount Richardson in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. It was discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on the Eas ...

and Richardson, in the east part of the

Fosdick Mountains The Fosdick Mountains () are an east–west trending mountain range with marked serrate outlines, standing along the south side of Balchen Glacier at the head of Block Bay, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. They were discover ...

in the Ford Ranges,

Marie Byrd Land Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica. With an area of , it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th centur ...

. Discovered on aerial flights made from

West Base West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...

of the United States Antarctic Service (1939–41) and visited by a biological party in 1940. Named for J.A. Reece, radio operator at West Base.

External links

* Siddoway, Christine & Richard, Stephen & Fanning, Christopher & Luyendyk, Bruce. (2004),
Origin and emplacement of a middle Cretaceous gneiss dome, Fosdick Mountains, West Antarctica
', Special Paper of the Geological Society of America. 380. 267–294. 10.1130/0-8137-2380-9.267

References

Mountain passes of Antarctica Landforms of Marie Byrd Land {{MarieByrdLand-geo-stub