Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Trojan Range (GBR) | 64° 32' 00.0" S | 63° 23' 00.0" W | Range |
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Name ID: 111660
Place ID: 14978
extending N from Mount Français (2825 m) to Cassandra Nunatak, Anvers Island, and including also Mount Priam, Mount Hector and Paris Peak, were surveyed from the W by FIDS from "Arthur Harbour" in 1955; in association with Achµan Range (q.v.) and other names from Homer's Iliad in this area, named after the Trojans, features in the range being named after individual Trojans (APC, 1958, p.7; BA chart 3566, 16.ix.1959); photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. |
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| Trojan Range (USA) | 64° 32' 00.0" S | 63° 23' 00.0" W | Range |
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Name ID: 132898
Place ID: 14978
A mountain range rising to 2,135 m, extending northward from Mount Francais along the E side of Iliad Glacier, Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the FIDS in 1955 and named by the UK-APC for the Trojans, one of the opposing sides in the Trojan War in Homer's Iliad. |
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