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Mount Mayhew (65°35′S 62°26′W / 65.583°S 62.433°W) is a peak, 1,200 m, between Pequod and Starbuck Glaciers on the east side of Graham Land. The southwest face of the peak is rocky and very steep, while the northeast face is snow covered. The name is one of several in the vicinity applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) from Herman Melville's Moby Dick, Mayhew being the captain of the Jeroboam.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Mayhew" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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