Mount Leech

Mount Leech

Mount Leech (72°9′S 99°47′W / 72.15°S 99.783°W / -72.15; -99.783) is a peak of the Walker Mountains, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) northwest of Mount Hubbard in Thurston Island. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert E. Leech, entomologist who participated in a United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) airborne insect program in the Ross, Amundsen and Bellingshausen Sea areas in the 1959-60 season.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Leech" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).