Trojan Range

Trojan Range in Western Antarctica

The Trojan Range (64°32′S 63°23′W / 64.533°S 63.383°W / -64.533; -63.383Coordinates: 64°32′S 63°23′W / 64.533°S 63.383°W / -64.533; -63.383) is a mountain range rising to 2,760 metres (9,055 ft), extending northward from Mount Francais along the east side of Iliad Glacier, Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago of the British Antarctic Territory. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955 and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for the Trojans, one of the opposing sides in the Trojan War in Homer's Iliad.[1]

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