Gould Peak
Gould Peak | ||
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Topographic map (1: 250,000) of the Edward VII Peninsula with Gould Peak (bottom left) |
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height | 440 m | |
location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
Mountains | Rockefeller Mountains | |
Coordinates | 78 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ S , 155 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Gould Peak is a 440 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . On the Edward VII Peninsula, it rises 1.5 km north of Tennant Peak in the southern group of the Rockefeller Mountains .
It was discovered on January 27, 1929 during an overflight on the first Antarctic expedition (1928–1930) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . He named it after Charles F. Gould (1896–1977), who worked as a carpenter on this research trip .
Web links
- Gould peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gould Peak on geographic.org (English)