Adare Saddle

Adare Saddle is a

saddle The saddle is a supportive structure for a rider of an animal, fastened to an animal's back by a girth. The most common type is equestrian. However, specialized saddles have been created for oxen, camels and other animals. It is not kno ...

at about , situated at the junction of

Adare Peninsula The Adare Peninsula, sometimes called the Cape Adare Peninsula, is a high ice-covered peninsula, long, in the northeast part of Victoria Land, extending south from Cape Adare to Cape Roget. The peninsula is considered the southernmost point of ...

and the Admiralty Mountains, and at the junction of

Newnes Glacier Robertson Bay is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of Victoria Land between Cape Barrow (Antarctica), Cape Barrow and Cape Adare. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robe ...

and

Moubray Glacier Moubray Glacier is a rather steep glacier flowing south to Moubray Bay from Adare Saddle on Adare Peninsula in Antarctica. It is one of the main contributors of ice to Moubray Piedmont Glacier. The glacier was named by the New Zealand Geological ...

which fall steeply from it. Named by the

New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Features named by the expeditions 1957 ...

(NZGSAE), 1957–58, in association with Adare Peninsula and

Cape Adare Cape Adare is a prominent cape of black basalt forming the northern tip of the Adare Peninsula and the north-easternmost extremity of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. Description Marking the north end of Borchgrevink Coast and the west e ...

. The landform is situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between

Cape Williams Cape Williams () is an ice-covered cape in Antarctica. It is the termination of Buell Peninsula at the east side of the terminus of Lillie Glacier at the lower ends of George Glacier and Zykov Glacier. The peninsula is 15 nautical miles (28 km) ...

and

. Mountain passes of Victoria Land Admiralty Mountains Pennell Coast {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub