Andrews Peaks
| Andrews Peaks | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Ford Ranges | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 8 ′ S , 144 ° 3 ′ W | |
The Andrews peaks are a 5 km long series of rocky mountain peaks in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . They loom in the Ford Ranges near the head of Arthur Glacier between Mount Warner and Mount Crow .
Scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) and the United States Geological Survey mapped the mountain range. The latter did this on the basis of his own measurements and with the help of aerial photographs by the United States Navy between 1959 and 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Stephen T. Andrews, ionospheric physicist with the United States Antarctic Program and scientific director of the Byrd station in 1969.
Web links
- Andrews Peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Andrews Peaks on geographic.org (English)