Ishmael Peak
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Ishmael Peak () 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.
This article incorporates text from Ishmael Peak, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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