Feature Name (see definition): Armitage Saddle

Feature Class (see definition): Gap

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 593

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 78° 09' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 163° 15' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -78.15

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 163.25

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1974

Description (see definition): The saddle at the head of Blue Glacier, overlooking the Howchin and Walcott Glaciers which drain toward Walcott Bay in the Koettlitz Glacier. The saddle is at the S end of the "Snow Valley" (upper part of Blue Glacier) mapped by Armitage in 1902, and subsequently wrongly omitted from maps of the British Antarctic Expedition (BrAE), 1910-13. The New Zealand Blue Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1956-58, established a survey station on the saddle in September 1957. They named it for Lieutenant A.B. Armitage, second-in-command of the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE), 1901-04, in recognition of his exploration in this area.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data