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Gaussberg
Gaussberg
is an
extinct
volcanic cone
, high,
fronting
on
Davis Sea
immediately
west
of the
Posadowsky Glacier
in
Kaiser Wilhelm II Land
in
Antarctica
.
Discovered
in
February 1902
by the
German Antarctic Expedition
under
Erich von Drygalski
, who named it after his
expedition ship
, which was in turn named in honour of
Carl Friedrich Gauss
.