GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



Lecointe, who was second-in-command of the 

 BelgAE, 1897-99, under De Gerlache. 



Lecroix, Mount: see Lacroix, Mount. 



LfiCUYER POINT: point which forms the S. side 

 of the entrance to the harbor of Port Lockroy, 

 Wiencke I., in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°50'S., 

 63°31'W. Disc, and named by the FrAE under 

 Charcot, 1903-5. Not adopted: Lecuyer Point. 



LEE, MOUNT: mountain situated at the NW. 

 end of the W. extremity of Alexander I Island; 

 in about 71°15'S., 75°40'W. Disc, by the RARE, 

 1947-48, under Ronne, who named it for R. Adm. 

 Paul F. Lee, USN, Chief of the Office of Naval 

 Research, who, appreciating the significance of 

 the scientific program, authorized Naval support 

 for the expedition. 



Lee Islands: see Inner Lee Islet; Outer Lee Islet. 



LEFfiVRE-UTILE POINT: point about 1 mi. W. 

 of Curie Pt., on the N. side of Doumer I., in the 

 Palmer Arch.; in 64°50'S., 63°32'W. Disc, and 

 named by the FrAE, 1903-5, under Charcot. 



LEGOUPIL, CAPE: cape at the NE. side of the 

 entrance to Huon Bay, on the NW. coast of Louis 

 Philippe Pen.; in 63°20'S., 57°53'W. Disc, by a 

 Fr. exp. under D'Urville, 1837-40. D'Urville named 

 it for Ernest Goupil, a member of the exp., but the 

 incorrect form Legoupil has been used so exten- 

 sively that in this special case it is accepted. Not 

 adopted: Cape Goupil. 



LEGRU, CAPE: point about 1 mi. E. of Cape 

 Syrezol, the E. side of the entrance to Admiralty 

 Bay, King George I., in the South Shetland Is.; 

 in 62°10'S., 58°16'W. Probably named by the FrAE 

 under Charcot, who charted Admiralty Bay in 

 December 1909. 



LEGUILLOU, CAPE: point which forms the N. 

 tip of Tower I., lying in Bransfield Str.; in 63°31'S., 

 59°50'W. Charted by a Fr. exp. under D'Urville, 

 1837-40, and named by him for Elie Le Guillou, 

 a surgeon on the exp. ship Zelee. The name form 

 approved is in agreement with the charts of the 

 D'Urville exp. and has been consistently used 

 since that time. 



LEHAIE, CAPE : cape forming the SW. extremity 

 of Brabant I., in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°30'S., 

 62°47'W. Disc, by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under De 

 Gerlache, who named it for Monsieur Houzeau de 

 Lehaie, a supporter of the expedition. The FrAE 

 under Charcot, 1903-5, charted the cape, substan- 

 tially modifying its earlier cartographic represen- 



tation. Not adopted: Cap Houzeau de Lehaie 

 [French], Cape Houzeau de Lehaye. 



Lehrke Bay: see Lehrke Inlet. 



LEHRKE INLET: ice-fUled inlet about 10 mi. 

 wide which recedes SW. 20 mi. between Cape Boggs 

 and Cape Sharbonneau, along the E. coast of Pal- 

 mer Pen.; in 70°45'S., 61°45'W. Disc, by members 

 of the USAS who explored this coast on land and 

 from the air in 1940. Named for Lester Lehrke, 

 boatswain's mate of the Bear, one of the exp. ships, 

 and sailmaker of the East Base, Not adopted: 

 Lehrke Bay. 



LEININGER PEAK: peak about 3,700 ft. in el., 

 standing at the N. side of the base of Eielson Pen., 

 on the E. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 70°34'S., 62°15'W. 

 This peak was photographed from the air by the 

 RARE under Ronne, 1947-48, and charted in 1947 

 by a joint sledge party consisting of members of 

 the RARE and the FIDS. Named by Ronne for 

 Cdr. Joseph A. Leininger, USNR, who devised the 

 plans for the loading of cargo and the alterations 

 on the exp. ship. 



Leipzig Island: see Nelson Island. 



Leith Harbor: see Inverleith Harbor. 



LEITH HARBOR: northern of three harbors in 

 the W. side of Stromness Bay, South Georgia; in 

 54°08'S., 36°41'W. Named in about 1912 by Sal- 

 vesen and Co., whalers of Leith, Scotland, opera- 

 tors of the whaling station at the head of the 

 harbor. 



LEITH HARBOR: small bay in the NE. part of 

 Paradise Hbr., along the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; 

 in 64°52'S., 62°50'W. Probably named by whalers 

 operating in this vicinity. Leith, Scotland, is the 

 home of Salvesen and Co., whalers. 



LEMAIRE CHANNEL: channel about 8 mi. long 

 and averaging about 1 mi. wide, extending in a 

 NE.-SW. direction from the N. end of Booth I. 

 to Cape Duseberg, and separating the Dannebrog 

 Is. from the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 65°08'S., 

 64°00'W. Disc, by a Ger. exp. under Dallmann, 

 1873-74. Traversed in December 1898 by the 

 BelgAE under De Gerlache, and named by him for 

 C. Lemaire, Belgian explorer of the Congo. Not 

 adopted: Lemaire Strait. 



LEMAIRE ISLAND: island about 4 mi. long and 

 1.5 mi. wide, lying about 1 mi. W. of Cape Lacaze- 

 Duthiers, off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 64°49'S., 62°57'W. Disc, by the BelgAE, 1897-99, 

 under De Gerlache, who named it for C. Lemaire. 



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