Feature Name (see definition): Achaean Range

Feature Class (see definition): Range

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 40

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 30' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 38' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.5

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.6333333

Elevation (see definition): 1370

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963

Description (see definition): Range of mountains rising to 1,370 m in the central part of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. It is bounded on the E by Iliad Glacier and Trojan Range and on the W by Marr Ice Piedmont, and extends NW from Mount Agamemnon for 6 mi, curving NE for a further 12 mi to Mount Nestor. Surveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955 and named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for the Achaeans, one of the opposing forces of the Trojan War in Homer's Iliad.

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