Football Saddle
| Football Saddle ( mountain saddle ) |
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| Compass direction | north | south | |
| height | 700 m | ||
| Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
The Football Saddle is a wide and 700 m high mountain pass in the form of a mountain saddle on the Borchgrevink coast of East Antarctica Victoria Land . It is 3 km east-southeast of Football Mountain in a mountain ridge between Edisto Inlet and the Tucker Glacier . The pass is a suitable route for dog sledding, while lower and steeper mountain saddles east and west of the Football Mountains provide better trails for walking.
Scientists from a 1957 to 1958 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after its geographical proximity to the rock formation The Football .
Web links
- Football Saddle in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Football Saddle on geographic.org (English)