Mount Andrews
| Mount Andrews | ||
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| height | 2480 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ S , 149 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Andrews is a 2480 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . It rises in the Queen Maud Mountains on the southern flank of the Albanus Glacier between Mount Danforth and Mount Gerdel .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and using aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1960 and 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Stanley Joseph Andrews (1920-1999) of the United States Navy, co-pilot of Lieutenant George W. Warden (1913–2003) on flights over the Queen Maud Mountains in Operation Highjump (1946–1947).
Web links
- Mount Andrews in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Andrews on geographic.org (English)