Mount Leek
| Mount Leek | ||
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| height | 1100 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Hauberg Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 48 ′ 52 ″ S , 68 ° 33 ′ 2 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Leek is a 1,100 m high mountain on the Orville coast of West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises west of the Spear Glacier in the northeastern section of the Hauberg Mountains .
Participants of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948) discovered him during an overflight. The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy between 1961 and 1967. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain in 1968 after Gouke M. Leek, a glaciologist at Byrd Station from 1965 to 1966.
Web links
- Mount Leek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Leek on geographic.org (English)