Gauss Peninsula
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Gauss Halvø | |
|---|---|
  Gauss Peninsula | |
| Geography | |
| Location | East Greenland |
| Coordinates | 73°30′N 23°10′W / 73.500°N 23.167°W |
| Adjacent to | |
| Length | 80 km (50 mi) |
| Width | 30 km (19 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,627 m (5338 ft) |
| Highest point | Harder Bjerg |
| Administration | |
Greenland (Denmark) | |
| Zone | NE Greenland National Park |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Gauss Peninsula (Danish: Gauss Halvø) is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. Administratively this peninsula is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
The second German North Polar Expedition 1869–70 originally gave the name Cap Gauss to a point on the south side of this peninsula, but A.G. Nathorst's 1899 expedition was unable to determine the position because of the rounding of the coast and applied the name Gauss Halfö to the peninsula as a whole. It is named after German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss.[1]
