Lee Peak () is a peak along the west side of Scott Glacier, north of

Mount Denauro Mount Denauro () is a mountain, high, standing on the west side of Scott Glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Lee Peak, in the Queen Maud Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air ph ...

, in the

Queen Maud Mountains The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarcti ...

of Antarctica. It was mapped by the

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...

from surveys and

U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...

air photos, 1960–64, and 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 Frank P. Lee, a photographer on aerial flights in Antarctica during U.S. Navy

Operation Deep Freeze Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on. (There w ...

1965, 1966 and 1967.

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Description: A peak along the W side of Scott Glacier, 3 mi N of Mount Denauro, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1960–64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Frank P. Lee, photographer on aerial flights in Antarctica during U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz) 1965, 1966 and 1967. Mountains of the Ross Dependency Amundsen Coast {{Ross-mountain-stub