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.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,043 metres
  • Description: mountain in Ross Dependency, Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Cape Gauss” and “Gauss, Mount”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chetwynd, Mount.

Peak
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.

Mount Gauss

Latitude
-76.31446° or 76° 18′ 52″ south
Longitude
162.02979° or 162° 1′ 47″ east
Elevation
1,043 metres (3,422 feet)
Named after
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Open location code
2VM4M2PH+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11109025280
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6633695
Wiki­data ID
Q6920870
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Satellite Map

Discover Mount Gauss from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mount Gauss” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Gauss”
  • Chinese: “高斯山”
  • Dutch: “Mount Gauss”
  • German: “Mount Gauss”
  • Hebrew: “הר גאוס”
  • Ladin: “Mount Gauss”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Gauss”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Gauss”
  • Norwegian: “Mount Gauss”
  • Swedish: “Gauss (berg i Antarktis)”
  • Swedish: “Mount Gauss”

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