Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Gaussberg (AUS) | 66° 48' 17.8" S | 89° 11' 39.2" E | Cone |
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Name ID: 2005
Place ID: 5175
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. |
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| Gaußberg (DEU) | 66° 48' 00.0" S | 89° 12' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 106883
Place ID: 5175
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). |
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| Gaussberg (RUS) | 66° 48' 00.0" S | 89° 12' 00.0" E | |
| Name ID: 118134 Place ID: 5175 | |||
| Gaussberg (USA) | 66° 48' 00.0" S | 89° 11' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 125576
Place ID: 5175
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. |
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