Chapter 61 route notes
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale chapter 61 map: Stubb Kills a Whale
The interactive map opens this page at chapter 61. The static notes below explain the chapter's mapped location, distance changes, slope or depth changes, and source trail.
Anchor
Indian Ocean whaling ground
Movement
sea
Segments active
1
Chapter distance
3,056 km
Chapter facts
- Chapter 61, Stubb Kills a Whale., is modeled on the broad Indian Ocean whaling cruise.
- Whaling action and shipboard processing dominate this part of the voyage.
- The Pequod ranges eastward across a schematic whale-ground segment.
- Sea-level or surface travel is modeled; no vertical depth component is assigned.
The route follows open-ocean control points because these chapters do not provide exact coordinates.
Mapped paths in this chapter
| Path | From | To | Medium | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Ocean whaling cruise | Indian Ocean Line | Eastern Indian Ocean whale-ground | Whaleship | 3,056 km |