Mount Gauss

This article is about the mountain in Victoria Land. For the mountain in Kaiser Wilhelm II Land, see Gaussberg.

Mount Gauss (76°19′S 162°2′E / 76.317°S 162.033°E / -76.317; 162.033Coordinates: 76°19′S 162°2′E / 76.317°S 162.033°E / -76.317; 162.033) is the northernmost peak of the Kirkwood Range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, which named this feature after Professor Carl Friedrich Gauss, a German mathematician and astronomer.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Gauss, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-18.

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