[8] The remote peak is set approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Glacier National Park.

Moby Dick Mountain is notable for its steep rise above local terrain and for its absolute elevation.

The landform is named after Moby Dick, the whale in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick which was published in 1851.

[8] The name was applied by mountaineer Douglas Anger and submitted in 1960 by Sam Silverstein of the Alpine Club of Canada.

[1] It follows the Herman Melville-associated naming theme of the area established by the Sam Silverstein-Douglas Anger climbing party who made the first ascent of Moby Dick in 1959 along with Fenwick Riley.