Arecibo may refer to:

Places

  • Arecibo, Puerto Rico, USA; a municipality located by the Atlantic Ocean
  • Arecibo barrio-pueblo, Arecibo, USA; a borough and county seat of Arecibo municipality
  • Senatorial District of Arecibo, in the state senate of Puerto Rico
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Arecibo, in Puerto Rico
  • Río Grande de Arecibo (), Puerto Rico; a river
  • 4337 Arecibo, an Outer Main-belt Asteroid discovered in 1985
  • Arecibo Vallis, a valley on Mercury

Facilities and structures

  • Arecibo Observatory, an astronomical radio observatory located approximately south-southwest from the city of Arecibo
  • Arecibo Telescope, a very sensitive radio telescope located at the observatory
  • Arecibo Planetary Radar, a radar astronomy station located at the radio telescope Arecibo Telescope
  • University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo (UPR-Arecibo), Arecibo, Puerto Rico, USA
  • Arecibo Light (), Arecibo, Puerto Rico; a lighthouse

Other uses

  • Arecibo message, a message beamed into space via frequency modulated radio waves in 1974
  • Arecibo (EP), an extended play by English singer Little Boots
  • Arecibo Captains, a team in National Superior Basketball, the Puerto Rican basketball league

See also

  • Arasibo (15th century), a Taino Amerind chief
  • GALEX Arecibo SDSS Survey, an astronomical survey