The Iron Gates (Arabic: البيبان, known in French as Défilé des Bibans or Porte de Fer) are a mountain pass in the Bibans in Algeria. They gave their name to the Biban Range.
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Iron Gates | |
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Biban | |
![]() View of the Iron Gates. | |
Elevation | 1,050 m (3,445 ft)[1] |
Location | Algeria |
Range | Bibans, Tell Atlas |
Coordinates | 36°05′04″N 4°35′19″E / 36.08444°N 4.58861°E |
History
editAn 1839 French expedition under the duc d'Orléans disregarded the clauses of the 1837 Treaty of Tafna with emir Abd el-Kader by passing through them, reigniting the war between them.[2]