Cachalot Peak
| Cachalot Peak | ||
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| height | 1040 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 38 '54 " S , 62 ° 13' 58" W | |
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The Cachalot Peak is a 1040 m high mountain not far from the Oskar II coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 5.5 km west of Mount Queequeg between the Stubb and Starbuck glaciers .
The British Antarctic Survey surveyed the mountain between 1963 and 1964. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1976 after a common English name for the sperm whale .
Web links
- Cachalot peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cachalot Peak on geographic.org (English)