Mount Andrews () is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

, high, standing between

Mount Danforth Mount Danforth () is an ice-free, pyramidal mountain over high, standing immediately east of Mount Zanuck on the south side of Albanus Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geolo ...

and Mount Gerdel on the south side of

Albanus Glacier Albanus Glacier (), also known as Phillips Glacier, is a long glacier flowing west along the south side of Tapley Mountains to enter Scott Glacier just north of Mount Zanuck, in the Queen Maud Mountains in Antarctica. It was discovered in Dec ...

, in the Queen Maud Mountains of

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. The mountain was mapped by the

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from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63. It was named by the

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

for 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 Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV. The opera ...

, 1946–47.

References

* Mountains of Marie Byrd Land Queen Maud Mountains {{MarieByrdLand-geo-stub