Zelee Glacier (66°52′S 141°10′E / 66.867°S 141.167°E / -66.867; 141.167Coordinates: 66°52′S 141°10′E / 66.867°S 141.167°E / -66.867; 141.167) is a glacier about 3 miles (4.8 km) wide and 6 miles (10 km) long, flowing north-northwest from the continental ice along the west side of Lacroix Nunatak and terminating in a prominent tongue at the west side of Port Martin. Probably first sighted in 1840 by the French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, although no glaciers were noted on d'Urville's chart of this coast. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Liotard, 1949-51, and named for the Zelee, corvette which accompanied d'Urville's flagship, the Astrolabe.
Associated with it is the Zelee Glacier Tongue (66°47′S 141°10′E / 66.783°S 141.167°E / -66.783; 141.167), a glacier tongue about 2 miles (3.2 km) wide and 7 miles (11 km) long which extends seaward from Zelee Glacier. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named for the French corvette Zelee.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Zelee Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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