Adare Saddle
| Adare Saddle ( mountain saddle ) |
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 The Adare Saddle on the isthmus between the Adare Peninsula (right) and the mainland coast of northern Victoria Land |
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| height | 900 m | ||
| region | Antarctica | ||
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains , Victoria Land | ||
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ S , 170 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
The Adare Saddle is a 900 m high mountain saddle at the junction of the Adare Peninsula with the Admiralty Mountains in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . The Newnes and Moubray glaciers , which descend steeply from it , have their origin here.
Participants of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1957-1958) named him in connection with the naming of Cape Adare and the Adare Peninsula after Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (1812-1871), formerly Viscount Adare, a friend of polar explorer James Clark Ross .
Web links
- Adare Saddle in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Adare Saddle on geographic.org (English)