Lee Island

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
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

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 , a diesel mechanic at nearby Mawson Station in 1957.^[1]

See also[]

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References[]

 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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