Arena Saddle
| Arena Saddle ( mountain saddle ) |
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| Compass direction | North | south | |
| region | Antarctica | ||
| Mountains | Quartermain Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains , Victoria Land | ||
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
The Arena Saddle is a mountain pass in the shape of a mountain saddle in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located in the Quartermain Mountains at a distance of 1.5 km west of Altar Mountain in the middle of a mountain ridge with an east-west orientation that forms the head end of the Arena Valley .
At the suggestion of the Australian geologist Clifford Turner McElroy (1924-2006), the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the saddle after the valley of the same name.
Web links
- Arena Saddle in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Arena Saddle on geographic.org (English)