Iron Gates (Algeria)

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.

"The Iron Gates Pass in Algeria, 18 October 1839", by Adrien Dauzats.

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

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]