Moby Dick Icefall

Moby Dick Icefall (61°58′S 57°42′W) is an icefall at the head of Destruction Bay, in the east of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition of 1981 after the famous white whale of Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick.[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Moby Dick Icefall". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)


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