Ishmael Peak

Ishmael Peak

Ishmael Peak (coord|65|53|S|62|25|W|) is a conspicuous detached rock peak, 4 miles (6 km) south of Spouter Peak, which marks the north side of the mouth of Leppard Glacier, on the east coast of Graham Land. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947 and 1955. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the narrator of Herman Melville's story "Moby Dick".


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