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Mount Thrace

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Mount Thrace (77°30′S 161°7′E) is a peak rising to 1800 m at the southeast side of Mount Boreas, Olympus Range, in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. It is connected by a ridge to the Mount Boreas massif. In association with the names of figures in Greek mythology grouped in the range, named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Thrace, legendary home of Boreas (Mount Boreas, q.v.).

Map of Mount Thrace, Antarctica

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

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Mount Thrace Wikipedia