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Description:
Kaiser Wilhelm II Land
is the part of
Antarctica
lying between
Cape Penck
, at 87°43'E, and
Cape Filchner
, at 91°54'E and is claimed as part of the
Australian Antarctic Territory
, although this claim is not universally recognized.
The area was discovered on February 22, 1902 during the
Gauss expedition
(1901-1903), led by Arctic veteran and geology professor
Erich Dagobert von Drygalski
. Drygalski named it after
Kaiser Wilhelm II
who had funded the expedition with 1.2 million
Goldmark
.
In the bay where Drygalski's expedition had their camp till
February 8
, 1903 is
Gaussberg
, a 370 metre high extinct
volcano
that is named after Drygalski's expedition ship
Gauss
.
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