Trojan Range
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The Trojan Range () is a mountain range rising to 2,135 m, 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.
Mount Francais () is a majestic, snow-covered mountain of 2,760 m, which forms the summit of Anvers Island, standing southeast of the center of the island and 6 miles north of Borgen Bay. It was first seen by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, who explored the southeast coast of the island in 1898 and later sighted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, under Charcot, who named it for the expedition ship Francais.
Mount Priam () is the central mass of the Trojan Range, standing 4 miles north of Mount Francais. It is flat topped and snow covered and rises to 1,980 m. Surveyed in 1955 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Priam, King of Troy in Homer's Iliad.
The Xanthus Spur () is a mainly ice-covered spur extending northwestward from Mount Priam for three miles. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955 and named for Xanthus, son of Zeus and the god of one of the two chief rivers of the Trojan plain.
This article incorporates text from Trojan Range, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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