| Lee Stocking Island | |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean |
| Map: | Bahamas |
| Coordinates: | 23.7721°N -76.0998°W |
| Archipelago: | Lucayan Archipelago |
| Country: | Bahamas |
| Timezone1: | EST |
| Utc Offset1: | -5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
| Iso Code: | BS-EX |
Lee Stocking Island is an island in the Bahamas, located in the district of Exuma.
The island was host to a marine research facility from 1984 to 2012, which was connected to NOAA.[1] Stromatolites are found offshore of the island.[2] [3]
A map of 1823 shows it was actually named, “Leeward Stocking Island”. In the days before Google Earth, map makers drew it as a stocking. Upwind towards the predominant South East Tradewinds was “Windward Stocking”. Later in 1898, the name was noted as “Leonard Stocking Island”.