Noble Peak is a peak

Summit (topography)

In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...

, 720 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southwest of Lockley Point

Lockley Point

Lockley Point is a low, ice-covered point lying 1 nautical mile northeast of Noble Peak on the northwest side of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache in 1898. Resighted and charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in...

 and marking the northeast end of a prominent ridge on the northwest side of Wiencke Island

Wiencke Island

Wiencke Island is an island long and from wide, about in area, the southernmost of the major islands of the Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island to its north and the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....

, in the Palmer Archipelago

Palmer Archipelago

Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....

. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition

Belgian Antarctic Expedition

The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899, named after its expedition vessel Belgica, was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region.- Preparation and Surveying :...

, 1897–99, under Gerlache. The name appears on a chart based on a 1927 survey by DI

Discovery Investigations

The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, which was formed in 1918...

personnel on the Discovery, but may reflect on earlier naming.