Trojan Range

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The Trojan Range (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]

Trojan Range is located in Antarctica
Trojan Range
Trojan Range in Western Antarctica

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  1. ^ "Trojan Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 29 September 2005.
  2. ^ "Mount Francais". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 29 September 2005.
  3. ^ "Mount Hector". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 10 November 2005.
  4. ^ "Mount Priam". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 29 September 2005.
  5. ^ "Xanthus Spur". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 29 September 2005.
  6. ^ "Bull Ridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 11 May 2019.