Iron Gates (Algeria)
Mountain pass in Algeria
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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.
| Iron Gates | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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History
An 1839 French expedition under General Valée and 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 France and Abd el-Kader's Islamic sovereignty.[2][3]