Gould Peak

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Gould Peak
Topographic map (1: 250,000) of the Edward VII Peninsula with Gould Peak (bottom left)

Topographic map (1: 250,000) of the Edward VII Peninsula with Gould Peak (bottom left)

height 440  m
location Ross Dependency , Antarctica
Mountains Rockefeller Mountains
Coordinates 78 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  S , 155 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 78 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  S , 155 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  W
Gould Peak (Antarctica)
Gould Peak

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 .

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