Trojan Range
The Trojan Range is a mountain range on Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago of the British Antarctic Territory. It rises to 9,055 feet, extending northward from Mount Français along the east side of Iliad Glacier.
The range was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955 and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the Trojans of the Trojan War in Homer's Iliad. The neighbouring Achæan Range is so named as part of the scheme, for the Trojans’ Greek enemies, and the individual mountains of each range are named from heroes of the Trojan and Achaean armies respectively. The Iliad Glacier between them takes the theme up also.
List of geographical features
All the Trojan monutains are impressive, snow-clad fells. The main mountains of the range are:
- Mount Français (64°37’60"S, 63°27’0"W), a majestic mountain of 9,055 feet, whose summit is the highest point of Anvers Island, standing southeast of the centre of the island and 6 miles north of Börgen Bay. It was named by the French Antarctic Expedition of 1903–05 before the Trojan name scheme was devised for the rest of the range.
- Mount Hector (64°36’-0"S, 63°25’0"W), reaching 7,300 feet, between Mount Français and Mount Priam in the southern part of the Trojan Range. Surveyed by the FIDS in 1955.
- Mount Priam (64°34’0"S, 63°24’-0"W) is the central mass of the Trojan Range, standing 4 miles north of Mount Français, with a summit at 6,500 feet. Surveyed in 1955 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey.
- Xanthus Spur (64°33’-0"S, 63°30’0"W) is a mainly ice-covered spur extending north-westward from Mount Priam for three miles. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955.
Location
- Location map: 64°31’60"S, 63°22’60"W
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Trojan Range
