Lenie Passage () is a northwest–southeast passage wide between the Gossler Islands and the

Joubin Islands The Joubin Islands are a group of small islands lying south-west of Cape Monaco, Anvers Island, at the south-western end of the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. The islands were discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, unde ...

in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was named by the

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

for Pieter J. Lenie, Master of the RV ''Hero'' in 1972–73 and 1973–74. Lenie is believed to be first to navigate and carry out sounding of this passage, in the ''Hero'' in January and February 1973.

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Straits of the Palmer Archipelago {{PalmerArchipelago-geo-stub