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Peleg Peak (65°51′S 62°33′W) is a rock peak (920 m) in eastern Voden Heights on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. It stands 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Ishmael Peak. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Captain Peleg, part-owner of the whaling ship Pequod in Herman Melville's Moby Dick.
Map of Peleg Peak, Antarctica
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Peleg Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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