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, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, which named this feature after Professor Carl Friedrich Gauss, a German mathematician and astronomer.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Gauss, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-18.

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