Lee Glacier
| Lee Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Churchill Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 81 ° 15 ′ S , 159 ° 7 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Jorda Glacier | |
The Lee Glacier is a glacier in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . In the Churchill Mountains it flows from the area around Mount Frost and Mount Coley in a southeast direction to the Jorda Glacier .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2003 after the politician Sandra Lee-Vercoe (* 1952), New Zealand's Environment Minister from 1999 to 2002, who was particularly committed to environmental protection in the Antarctic.
Web links
- Lee Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lee Glacier on geographic.org (English)