Moby Dick Icefall

Moby Dick Icefall is an icefall at the head of Destruction Bay, in the east of , in the . It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition of 1981 after the famous white whale of Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Water
  • Description: icefall in the South Shetland Islands near Antarctica
  • Also known as: “מפל הקרח מובי דיק”

Moby Dick Icefall

Latitude
-61.966° or 61° 57′ 58″ south
Longitude
-57.7° or 57° 42′ west
Elevation
112 metres (367 feet)
Open location code
38C427MX+HX
Geo­Names ID
6639564
Wiki­data ID
Q6887429
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In Other Languages

From German to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Moby Dick Icefall” goes by many names.
  • German: “Moby-Dick-Eisfall”
  • Hebrew: “מובי דיק (מפל קרח)”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Moby Dick Icefall”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: GARS-O’Higgins and Comandante Ferraz.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Jenny Buttress and Destruction Bay.

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