
Pippin Peaks () is an east-west line of several
Antarctic
The Antarctic (, ; commonly ) is the polar regions of Earth, polar region of Earth that surrounds the South Pole, lying within the Antarctic Circle. It is antipodes, diametrically opposite of the Arctic region around the North Pole.
The Antar ...
peaks ranging in height from 880 m to 1,160 m and formed of white or pink granite. The feature is situated in the southern
Aristotle Mountains
Aristotle Mountains is the fan-shaped sequence of ridges spreading east-northeastwards from its summit Madrid Dome (1647 m) on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. The feature is named after the ancient Greek scientist Arist ...
, at the west end of
Stubb Glacier
Stubb Glacier () is 11 nautical miles (20 km) long in Aristotle Mountains on the east coast of Graham Land, flowing east from Mount Sara Teodora into Scar Inlet between Mount Queequeg and Tashtego Point. The lower reaches of this glacie ...
where it forms a part of the
glacier
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's north wall, and is connected to
to the west-southwest.
The name is one of several in this area applied by
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
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(UK-APC) from
Herman Melville
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's
Moby Dick
''Moby-Dick; or, The Whale'' is an 1851 Epic (genre), epic novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is centered on the sailor Ishmael (Moby-Dick), Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Captain Ahab, Ahab, captain of the whaler ...
, Pippin being the shipkeeper in the Pequod who was cast adrift by Stubb.
References
Mountains of Graham Land
Oscar II Coast
Place names inspired by Moby-Dick
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