Mount Gauss

This article is about the mountain in Victoria Land. For the mountain in Kaiser Wilhelm II Land, see Gaussberg.

Mount Gauss (76°19′S 162°2′E / 76.317°S 162.033°E / -76.317; 162.033) is the northernmost peak of the Kirkwood Range in Victoria Land. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, which named this feature after Professor Karl Friedrich Gauss, a German mathematician and astronomer.

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•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Gauss, Mount" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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