Mount Andrus

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox mountain Mount Andrus (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) is a peak Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Mount Boennighausen in the southeast extremity of the Ames Range, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.Template:Sfn

Mapping and name

Mount Andrus was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photographs, 1964–68. It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lt. Carl H. Andrus, United States Navy, medical officer and Officer-in-Charge of Byrd Station in 1964.Template:Sfn

Geology

Mount Andrus is the youngest of the shield volcanoes in the Ames Range, which formed during the Miocene. Late-stage volcanic activity resumed at Mount Andrus in the late Pleistocene or the Holocene.Template:Sfn Its has a Script error: No such module "convert". wide caldera at its summit. While the age of Mt. Andrus is not well known it is one of the oldest trachytic shield volcanoes in Marie Byrd Land, similar in age to Mount Hampton. The westward face of the mountain is drained by the Coleman Glacier, with significant crevassing present. Template:Sfn

File:AmesRangeMap.jpg
Topographic map of the Ames Range (1:250,000 scale) from USGS Mount Kosciusko

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