The Collaborative International Dictionary
Iron Gate \I"ron Gate"\, The Iron Gates \The I"ron Gates"\, prop. n. A famous gorge, about 11/2 miles long, cut by the Danube in the Carpathian mountains near the intersection of Hungary, Serbia, and Rumania.
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 197
Land area (2000): 0.345128 sq. miles (0.893878 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.345128 sq. miles (0.893878 sq. km)
FIPS code: 40024
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 37.798484 N, 79.791219 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Iron Gate
Wikipedia
Iron Gate can refer to
- Gates of Alexander, iron gates built by Alexander the Great
- Iron Gates (Algeria), a pass through the Bibans mountains in Algeria
- Iron Gate Pass, a gorge in central Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
- Iron Gate (Central Asia), a defile between Balkh and Samarkand
- Iron Gates is a gorge on the Danube River, forming part of the boundary between Serbia and Romania
- Iron-Gate Square (Warsaw)
- Iron Gate, Virginia is a small town located in Alleghany County, Virginia
- Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station (Romania, Serbia)
- Iron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station (Romania, Serbia)
- Cairo Station, a 1958 Egyptian film also known as The Iron Gate
The Iron Gate is a defile between Balkh and Samarkand. It breaks up the mountains which extend from the Hisar range south towards the Amu Darya. In ancient times it was used as the passage between Bactria and Sogdia and was likely of great importance to any power in the region. Its name comes from the belief that an actual gate, reinforced with Iron, stood in the defile. It is located to west from Boysun, Surxondaryo Province.
Usage examples of "iron gate".
Scouting parties, shrouded in black to hide the runes that now glowed ominously, slipped out of the iron gate, ranged along the river, reinforcing the magic on the bridges, attempting to gauge the strength and disposition of the enemy.
Before him was an iron gate - locked, but the key hung from a wooden peg.
They reached a small open area and Rebecca pointed down a fire access to a wrought iron gate set in the space between two buildings, one of new yellow brick, the other old and gray.
There were times when he'd felt that-when he'd had to climb the iron gate in Fenard while he had been holding a light shield, but usually iron did not burn him the way he knew it would Jeslek or Anya.
There's mobs at the Iron Gate and the Gate of the Gods fighting to get out, and Flea Bottom's one great drunken riot.
After a while he could see it was an arched doorway, closed off by another iron gate.
He was standing by a black iron gate, holding Moose, the bay, and a full-grown pony with thick legs and a strong neck.
Without explanation, the chain holding the portcullis slipped off its hook and the heavy iron gate crashed down.