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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.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Porthos Range" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 70°25′S 65°50′E / 70.417°S 65.833°E / -70.417; 65.833



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