Mount Andrews

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Mount Andrews (85°57′S 149°41′W) is a mountain, 2,480 meters (8,140 ft) high, standing between Mount Danforth and Mount Gerdel on the south side of Albanus Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Westarctica.

Discovery and name

The mountain was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos collected during the years 1960–63. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in honor of Ensign Stanley J. Andrews, U.S. Navy, who accompanied Lieutenant George W. Warden in aircraft flights over the Queen Maud Mountains during U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47.