Achaean Range

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Location map". Achaean Range (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) is a mountain range rising to Script error: No such module "convert". in the central part of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. It is bounded on the east by Iliad Glacier and Trojan Range and on the west by Marr Ice Piedmont, and extends northwest from Mount Agamemnon for Script error: No such module "convert"., curving northeast for a further Script error: No such module "convert". to Mount Nestor. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955 and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for the Achaeans, one of the opposing forces of the Trojan War in Homer's Iliad.[1]

List of mountains

  • Mount Achilles (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) is a snow-covered, steep-sided mountain, Script error: No such module "convert"., which rises Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Mount Nestor. Surveyed by the FIDS in 1955 and named by the UK-APC for Achilles, the central figure in Homer's Iliad.[2]
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    Skiing down the North face of Mt Achilles after the first ascent
  • Mount Agamemnon (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) is a snow-covered mountain, Script error: No such module "convert"., marking the south limit of the Achaean Range. It is part of the Mount Francais massif but has a separate summit 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the main peak of Mount Francais. It was surveyed by the FIDS in 1944, and again in 1955. Named by the UK-APC for Agamemnon, Commander in Chief of the Achaean forces at Troy in Homer's Iliad.[3]
  • Mount Nestor (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) is a mountain, Script error: No such module "convert"., the northernmost of the Achaean Range. Its western side rises steeply from Marr Ice Piedmont; its eastern side is a jumble of crevasses and jagged rock pinnacles. Surveyed by the FIDS in 1955 and named by the UK-APC for Nestor, oldest of the Achaean chieftains fighting at Troy in Homer's Iliad.[4]

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