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The Iron Gates ((ルーマニア語、モルドバ語():Porțile de Fier), (セルビア語:''Đerdapska klisura''), (ハンガリー語:Vaskapu-szoros), (ドイツ語:Eisernes Tor), (トルコ語:Demirkapı)) is a gorge on the River Danube. It forms part of the boundary between Serbia and Romania. In the broad sense it encompasses a route of ; in the narrow sense it only encompasses the last barrier on this route, just beyond the Romanian city of Orșova, that contains two hydroelectric dams, with two power stations, Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station and Iron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station. The gorge lies between Romania in the north and Serbia in the south. At this point, the river separates the southern Carpathian Mountains from the northwestern foothills of the Balkan Mountains. The Romanian side of the gorge constitutes the Iron Gates natural park, whereas the Serbian part constitutes the Đerdap national park. ==Names== In English, the gorge is known as Iron Gates or Iron Gate. An 1853 article about the Danube in ''The Times'' of London referred to it as "the Iron Gate, or the Gate of Trajan."〔("The Seat of War on the Danube," ''The Times,'' December 29, page 8 )〕 In languages of the region including Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, Turkish, German and Bulgarian, names literally meaning "Iron Gates" are used to name the entire range of gorges. These names are (ルーマニア語、モルドバ語():Porțile de Fier) (), (ハンガリー語:Vaskapu), (スロバキア語:Železné vráta); (トルコ語:Demirkapı), (ドイツ語:Eisernes Tor), and (ブルガリア語:Железни врата) ''(Železni vrata)''. An alternative Romanian name for the last part of the route is ''Defileul Dunării'', literally "Danube Gorge". In Serbian, the gorge is known as ''Đerdap'' (Ђердап; ), with the last part named ''Đerdapska klisura'' (Ђердапска клисура; ) from the Byzantine Greek Κλεισούρα (kleisoura), "enclosure" or "pass." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iron Gates」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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