Gauss Glacier
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Gauss Glacier (77°58′S 163°44′E / 77.967°S 163.733°ECoordinates: 77°58′S 163°44′E / 77.967°S 163.733°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]
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This article incorporates public domain material from "Gauss Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.