Name details

Gaußberg

Gaußberg (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Gaußberg  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Germany Gazetteer Id 106883

Feature type: Nunatak (2a)

Origin

This name originates from Germany. It is part of the Germany Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

The nunatak was surveyed and photographed from a moored balloon and photogrammetrically plotted at the large scale of 1:7500, Kaiser-Wilhelm-II.-Land (Wilhelm II Coast), Davis Coast. Surveyed during Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition (German South-Polar Expedition) 1901-1903 under Erich von Drygalski (1865-1949).

Named For

Carl Friedrich Gauß 1777-1855), German mathematician and astronomer; name of the expedition vessel 'Gauß".

Location

Latitude:
66° 48' 00.0" S
-66.80000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
89° 12' 00.0" E
89.20000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
371 m
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Images


©Andrew Klekociuk 2003
Catalogue id
IA16539
Caption
Seen from a QANTAS Boeing 747 overflight viewing the solar eclipse. Looking from slightly east of south.
Photographer
Klekociuk, Andrew R

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Published by Drygalski, Erich von (1906): Der Gaußberg, seine Kartierung und seine Formen, Geographie und Geologie, Volume II, no. 1, p. 1-46, press G. Reimer, Berlin; factually checked and approved by StAGN (German PCGN) on 1985-MAR-05; finally approved by German National Committee of SCAR.

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
19-Apr-1985

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