Football Saddle (72°31′S 169°46′E / 72.517°S 169.767°E / -72.517; 169.767) is a broad pass at 700 metres (2,300 ft), 2 nautical miles (4 km) east-southeast of Football Mountain on the ridge between Edisto Inlet and Tucker Glacier in Antarctica. The pass is an all-snow route that can be crossed by sledge, but there are two other saddles close east and west of Football Mountain that are no higher and are more easily crossed on foot, though more difficult by sledge because they are steeper and have stretches of bare rock. It was so named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, because of its proximity to The Football.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Football Saddle". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-29.

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