Gauss Glacier

Gauss Glacier (77°58′S 163°44′E) is a steep glacier on the north side of Datum Peak, descending west from the southwestern extremity of Hobbs Ridge into Blue Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. [1]It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1993 after the German mathematician and astronomer Carl Friedrich Gauss.[2]

References
  1. "Gauss Glacier, Gazetteer on AADC".
  2. "Gauss Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-18.

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