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    Gaussberg (or Schwarzen Berg, Mount Gauss) is an extinct, 370-metre-high (1,210-foot) high volcanic cone in East Antarctica fronting on Davis Sea immediately...
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    Gaussberg in Antarctica, an extinct volcano discovered by the Gauss expedition Mount Gauss, in Antarctica Gauss Peninsula, East Greenland Gaussberg,...
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    age, from Proterozoic to Pleistocene, the youngest known example from Gaussberg in Antarctica being 56,000 ± 5,000 years old. Lamproite volcanology is...
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    north to Posadowsky Bay immediately east of Gaussberg. The glacier was observed from the summit of Gaussberg by the Gauss expedition under Drygalski, 1901-03...
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  • Posadowsky Bay (German: Posadowskybai) is an open embayment in the vicinity of Gaussberg, just east of the West Ice Shelf. Discovered in February 1902 by German...
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    Proterozoic lamproite (Argyle diamond mine), and Cenozoic lamproite (Gaussberg, Antarctica) are known, as are vents of Devonian lamprophyre (Scotland)...
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    discovered new territory in Antarctica, the Kaiser Wilhelm II Land with the Gaussberg. The expedition arrived back in Kiel in November 1903. Subsequently, Drygalski...
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    expedition with 1.2 million Goldmarks. The expedition also discovered the Gaussberg, a 370-metre-high (1,210 ft) extinct volcano, which was named after mathematician...
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    a scientific expedition to the Antarctic coast between Cape Adare and Gaussberg, and had written to the RGS about this in February 1910. Any future resumption...
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    Interior. Retrieved 2018-01-21. "Gaussberg". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-01-20. "Gaussberg". Geographic Names Information...
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    new territory was discovered: Kaiser Wilhelm II Land and its volcano—Gaussberg. Drygalski was the first to use a gas balloon in Antarctica. The expedition...
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  • Name Elevation Location Last eruption metres feet Coordinates Gaussberg 370 1,214 66°48′S 89°1′E / 66.800°S 89.017°E / -66.800; 89.017 (Gaussberg) —...
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    kilometers; 10 miles) long, flowing north to Posadowsky Bay immediately east of Gaussberg. Posadowsky Bay is an open embayment, located just east of the West Ice...
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    operate in the Antarctic coastal arc between Cape Adare in the east, and Gaussberg in the west. Within these bounds, Mawson said, lay territory "of whose...
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  • point fronting on the West Ice Shelf about 35 miles west-northwest of Gaussberg, separating the Leopold and Astrid Coast from the Wilhelm II Coast. It...
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  • Western Base and as leader of the party which extended exploration west to Gaussberg. The name Jones Ridge was reassigned on the Advisory Committee on Antarctic...
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    journey that reached Gaussberg. Sydney Evan Jones 24 Medical officer Member of western sledging journey that reached Gaussberg. Alexander Lorimer Kennedy...
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    Kaiser Wilhelm II Land, and an extinct volcano, also observed, was called Gaussberg. Most of the scientific work of the expedition was carried out in a winter...
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