Lee Island

For the island in Canada's Nunavut territory, see Lee Island (Nunavut).
Lee Island
Lee Island

Location in Antarctica

Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 67°35′S 62°52′E / 67.583°S 62.867°E / -67.583; 62.867Coordinates: 67°35′S 62°52′E / 67.583°S 62.867°E / -67.583; 62.867
Administration
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Lee Island is an island just west of Teyssier Island, Verner Island, and Petersen Island, just east of Kista Strait, Stinear Island, and Béchervaise Island, and just south of Moller Bank and Carstens Shoal, in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for R.T. Lee, a diesel mechanic at nearby Mawson Station in 1957.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lee Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-07.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Lee Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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