Iron Gates (Algeria)

"The Iron Gates Pass in Algeria, 18 October 1839", by Adrien Dauzats.
Iron Gates
Biban
View of the Iron Gates.
Elevation 1,050 m (3,445 ft)[1]
Location Algeria
Range Bibans, Tell Atlas
Coordinates 36°05′04″N 4°35′19″E / 36.08444°N 4.58861°E / 36.08444; 4.58861Coordinates: 36°05′04″N 4°35′19″E / 36.08444°N 4.58861°E / 36.08444; 4.58861

The Iron Gates (Arabic: البيبان‎, known in French as Défilé des Bibans or Porte de Fer) are a mountain pass in the Bibans in Algeria. They gave their name to the Biban Range.

History

An 1839 French expedition under the duc d'Orléans disregarded the clauses of the 1837 Treaty of Tafna with emir Abd el-Kader by passing through them, reigniting the war between them.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Google Earth
  2. ↑ Charles Nodier, Journal de l'Expédition des Portes de Fer
  • Media related to Bibans at Wikimedia Commons
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