Armitage Saddle is the saddle at the head of Blue Glacier

Blue Glacier (Antarctica)

Blue Glacier is a large glacier which flows into Bowers Piedmont Glacier about south of New Harbour, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott, 1901–04, who gave it this name because of its clear blue ice at the...

, overlooking the Howchin

Howchin Glacier

Howchin Glacier is a glacier between the Ward and Walcott Glaciers, on the east side of the Royal Society Range in Victoria Land. Discovered by a party led by Taylor of the British Antarctic Expedition and named for Professor W. Howchin, geologist of Adelaide....

 and Walcott

Walcott Glacier

Walcott Glacier is a glacier between Radian and Howchin Glaciers, descending eastward from the Royal Society Range toward Walcott Bay. Named by Taylor of the British Antarctic Expedition , presumably for Charles D. Walcott, Director of the U.S. Geological Survey and Secretary of the Smithsonian...

 Glaciers which drain toward Walcott Bay

Walcott Bay

Walcott Bay is a bay indenting the coast of Victoria Land between Walcott Glacier and Heald Island. Named by the British Antarctic Expedition in association with Walcott Glacier....

 in the Koettlitz Glacier

Koettlitz Glacier

The Koettlitz Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier lying west of Mount Morning and Mount Discovery, flowing from the vicinity of Mount Cocks northeastward between Brown Peninsula and the mainland into the ice shelf of McMurdo Sound....

. The saddle is at the south end of the "Snow Valley" (the upper part of Blue Glacier) that was mapped by Armitage

Armitage

Armitage is a village in Staffordshire, England on the south side of the Trent and Mersey Canal between Lichfield and Rugeley. Together with the adjacent village of Handsacre, it forms the parish of Armitage with Handsacre.-Village Amenities:...

 in 1902, and subsequently wrongly omitted from maps of the British Antarctic Expedition

Terra Nova Expedition

The Terra Nova Expedition , officially the British Antarctic Expedition 1910, was led by Robert Falcon Scott with the objective of being the first to reach the geographical South Pole. Scott and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, to find that a Norwegian team led by Roald...

, 1910–13. The New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 Blue Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition

Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition

The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...

, 1956–58, established a survey station on the saddle in September 1957. They named it for Lieutenant Albert Armitage

Albert Armitage

Albert Borlase Armitage was a Scottish explorer of Antarctica and captain in the Royal Navy.He was first a member of the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition exploring Franz Josef Land...

, second-in-command of the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, in recognition of his exploration in this area.