Name details

Leckie Range

Leckie Range (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Leckie Range  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2231

Feature type: Range

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A range situated about 38 km SSE of Edward VIII Gulf in Kemp Land which includes the peaks shown on the Norwegian Whalers Chart, Sheet 3 as Polhesten and Poloksen. Named after Squadron Leader Douglas W. Leckie, RAAF, who commanded the Antarctic Flight at Mawson in 1956, and who piloted the Auster Aircraft from which Phillip Law sighted and plotted the range in 1954.

Named For

Squadron Leader Douglas W. Leckie, RAAF, who commanded the Antarctic Flight at Mawson in 1956

Location

Latitude:
67° 55' 00.1" S
-67.91670°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
56° 28' 59.9" E
56.48330°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
11-Aug-1955

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