Mount Gauss

The Kirkwood Range is a massive coastal mountain range in Antarctica, extending north–south between and . A broad low-level platform on the seaward side of the range is occupied by the Oates Piedmont Glacier.
  • Peak rising to 1,043 metres (3,422 feet)
  • …is also known as “Gauss, Mount”
  • …was formerly known as “Cape Gauss”
  • …is named after Carl Friedrich Gauss
  • Description: mountain in Ross Dependency, Antarctica

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chetwynd, Mount.
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The Kirkwood Range is a massive coastal mountain range…

Mount Gauss

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Latitude
-76.31446° or 76° 18′ 52″ south
Longitude
162.02979° or 162° 1′ 47″ east
Open location code
2VM4M2PH+6W
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mount Gauss” goes by many names.
GaussCebuano
高斯山Chinese
Mount GaussDutch
הר גאוסHebrew
Mount GaussLadin
Mount GaussNorwegian
Mount GaussNorwegian Bokmål
Mount GaussNorwegian Nynorsk
Gauss (berg i Antarktis)Swedish
Mount GaussSwedish

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