The feature was delineated by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)-NSF-TUD airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79, and named after the corvette Zelee (Lt. Charles Jacquinot) of the French expedition, 1837–40 (Capt. Jules Dumont d'Urville).
Rocky Mountain Trench | Fiachra Trench | Anthony Chenevix-Trench | William Le Poer Trench | trench warfare | Richard Chenevix Trench | William Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty | Trench warfare | Trench railways | subglacial lake | Ryukyu Trench | Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty | Mariana Trench | Herbert Trench | Frederick Trench, 1st Baron Ashtown | David Trench |