Bildad Peak
| Bildad Peak | ||
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| height | 800 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 48 '30 " S , 62 ° 36' 48" W | |
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The Bildad Peak is an approximately 800 m high, striking and snow-covered mountain in Grahamland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 8 km west of Spouter Peak on the southern flank of the Flask Glacier .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out a geodetic survey in 1955. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1957 after the fictional character of Captain Bildad in Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick .
Web links
- Bildad Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bildad Peak on geographic.org (English)