Arms of the British Antarctic Territory

Cape Reichelderfer

(Wilkins Coast)

British Antarctic Territory

Location: 69° 20' 43" S 62° 46' 43" W
between Cape Hinks and Cape Rymill, E of Bingham Glacier, Wilkins Coast, was photograped from the air by Wilkins, 20 December 1928; further photographed from the air and surveyed from the ground by the United States Antarctic Service in 1940; resurveyed from the ground by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey-the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition from 'Stonington Island' in January 1948 and named Cape Reichelderfer after Francis Wilton Reichelderfer (1895-1983), Chief, US Weather Bureau, 1938-63, who assisted the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition; pioneer meteorologist in balloons, flying-boats and airships.