Spouter Peak
{{Short description|Mountain in Antarctica}}
Spouter Peak ({{coord|65|49|S|62|23|W|display=inline,title}}) is a conspicuous rock peak, {{convert|615|m}}, standing in eastern Voden Heights {{convert|4.5|nmi}} south-southwest of Daggoo Peak at the south side of the mouth of Flask Glacier, on the east coast of Graham Land, a portion of the Antarctic Peninsula. Surveyed and partially photographed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1956 after the Spouter Inn, New Bedford, where Herman Melville's story Moby-Dick opens.
External links
- [https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:14416 Spouter Peak] on USGS website
- [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=111341 Spouter Peak] on AADC website
- [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/search_names_action.cfm?search_text=13861&feature_type_code=0&country_id=0&relic_options=include_relics&north=-45.0&south=-90.0&west=-180.0&east=180.0&search_near=&radius=0.5&gazetteers=SCAR Spouter Peak] on SCAR website
- [https://mapcarta.com/25597464 Spouter Peak area map]
- [https://peakery.com/spouter-peak-antarctica/ Spouter Peak] on peakery.com
References
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{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 14416| name = Flask Glacier | accessdate = 2012-03-27}}
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Category:Mountains of Graham Land
Category:Place names inspired by Moby-Dick
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