Solomon Saddle
| Solomon Saddle ( mountain saddle ) |
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| height | 1850 m | ||
| Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
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).
Web links
- Solomon Saddle in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Solomon Saddle on geographic.org (English)