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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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2005

Feature type: Cone

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An extinct volcanic cone about 369 m high, on the western side of Posadowsky Bay on the coast of Wilhelm II Land. Discovered in February, 1902, by the German Antarctic Expedition (1901-03) under Prof. Erich von Drygalski who named it after his expedition ship Gauss, which was frozen in the pack ice about 80 km to the north until February, 1903.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 48' 17.8" S
-66.80494°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
89° 11' 39.2" E
89.19422°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
366.8 m
Accurate to 10m

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:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E162_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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