Vishniac Peak () is a peak (2,280 m) which rises just north of the head of Webb Glacier and 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Skew Peak in southern Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1947-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Wolf V. Vishniac (1922-73), professor of biology at the University of Rochester, New York, who made Antarctic studies (1971-72 and 1973) on the water absorption of soil particles and its microbiological significance, and the ability of microorganisms to withstand a hostile milieu. Dr. Vishniac fell to his death in the Asgard Range, upper Wright Valley, 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of this peak, on December 11, 1973.