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Tertiary volcanism in northern E Greenland: Gauss Halvø and Hold with Hope
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to the peninsula as a whole. It is named after German mathematician
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peninsula is located further to the east, beyond the
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to a point on the south side of this peninsula, but
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Gauss Peninsula is located in Greenland
73°30′N 23°10′W / 73.500°N 23.167°W / 73.500; -23.167
Muskox Fjord
Nordfjord
Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord
Foster Bay
NE Greenland National Park
Danish
peninsula
Greenland
Northeast Greenland National Park
German North Polar Expedition
A.G. Nathorst
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Muskox Fjord
Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord
Nordfjord
Mackenzie Bay
Foster Bay
Greenland Sea
Hjelm Range
Giesecke Range
Hold with Hope
Badland Valley


Terra/MODIS
"Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland"
"Gauss Halvø"
"Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland"

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