Lee Peak
| Lee Peak | ||
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| location | Marie-Byrd-Land , West Antarctica (politically: Ross Dependency ) | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ S , 151 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Lee Peak is a mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it rises 5 km north of Mount Denauro on the west side of the Scott Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1967 after Frank P. Lee, aerial photographer for Operation Deep Freeze in 1965 , 1966 and 1967.
Web links
- Lee Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lee Peak on geographic.org (English)