Name details

Bird Saddle

Bird Saddle (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Bird Saddle  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 134126

Feature type: Saddle (2e)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Feature n.84 in ACAN minutes of 19/06/2000. The feature is one of three prominent snow saddles on Ross Island, this one at c.800 m between Mount Bird and Mount Erebus. Named in association with Mount Bird, which rises to l800 m to the N of this saddle. (The unofficial names Bird Saddle, Terra Nova Saddle, and Terror Saddle appear in two papers (Palais et al) included in Volcanological and environmental studies of Mount Erebus, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, Vol 66, 1994. Standardization of the three toponyms as described would discourage varying possible use of the names.)

Named For

Location

Latitude:
77° 23' 00.0" S
-77.38333°
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Longitude:
166° 53' 00.0" E
166.88333°
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Altitude:
800 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
20-Feb-2001

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