Solomon Saddle

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Solomon Saddle
( mountain saddle )
height 1850  m
Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains
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Solomon Saddle (Antarctica)
Solomon Saddle
Coordinates 78 ° 23 ′ 0 ″  S , 162 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 78 ° 23 ′ 0 ″  S , 162 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  E

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The Solomon Saddle is an 1850  m high and snow-covered mountain saddle in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Royal Society Range, it lies between the head ends of the Solomon and Foster glaciers .

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1994 based on the name of the Solomon Glacier. It is named after the American atmospheric chemist Susan Solomon (* 1956).

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