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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Place ID: 5175
Name ID: 125576

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Extinct volcanic cone, 370 m, fronting on Davis Sea immediately W of Posadowsky Glacier. Discovered in February 1902 by the GerAE under Drygalski, who named it after the expedition ship Gauss.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 48' 00.0" S
-66.80000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
89° 11' 00.0" E
89.18333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
370 m
Unknown precision

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

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1947

Related information

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