Porthos Range
The Porthos Range is the second range south in the Prince Charles Mountains, extending for about 30 miles in an east-to-west direction between Scylla Glacier and Charybdis Glacier. First visited in December 1956 by the ANARE southern party under W.G. Bewsher and named after Porthos, a character in Alexandre Dumas, père's novel The Three Musketeers, the most popular book read on the southern journey.[1]
Features
Geographical features include:
- Charybdis Glacier
- Corry Massif
- Crohn Massif
- Cutcliffe Peak
- Hulcombe Ridge
- Martin Massif
- Morgan Ridge
- Mount Canham
- Mount Creighton
- Mount Eather
- Mount Gaston
- Mount Gavaghan
- Mount Kerr
- Mount Kirkby
- Mount Leckie
- Mount Lied
- Mount McCarthy
- Mount Mervyn
- Mount Pollard
- Mount Small
- Mount Tarr
- Mount Ware
- O'Shea Peak
- Thomas Nunataks
- Webster Peaks
- Whitworth Ridge
- Wignall Peak
- Wignall
References
- ↑ "Porthos Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
External links
- Australian Antarctic Division
- Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
- United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
- PDF Map of the Australian Antarctic Territory
Coordinates: 70°25′S 65°50′E / 70.417°S 65.833°E
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