SCAR Composite Gazetteer

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: 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:

Gaußberg (Germany)
Gaussberg (Russia)
Gaussberg (United States of America)

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

Related information

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