Mount Thrace

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.).

 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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