Porthos Range
| Porthos Range | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land | |
| part of | Prince Charles Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 25 ′ S , 65 ° 50 ′ E | |
The Porthos Range is a 50 km long mountain range in the east Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It extends east-west between the Scylla Glacier and the Charybdis Glacier in the Prince Charles Mountains .
Scientists from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions , led by Australian mountaineer William Gordon Bewsher (1924–2012), visited them in December 1956. Bewsher named them after one of the three main characters from Alexandre Dumas ' novel The Three Musketeers .
Web links
- Porthos Range in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Porthos Range on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Bewsher, William Gordon (Bill) (1924-2012) . Entry in the Encyclopedia of Australian Science (accessed January 5, 2016).