Mount Andrus

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Mount Andrus is a large, mostly ice-covered stratovolcano in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, forming part of the region’s remote volcanic landscape.

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Label Occurrences
Mount Andrus canonical 1

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Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
accessibility difficult to access ⓘ
aerialPhotographyBy U.S. Navy ⓘ
linked to: United States Navy
climate polar ⓘ
composition basaltic to trachytic lavas ⓘ
continent Antarctica ⓘ
country Antarctica ⓘ
coveredBy ice ⓘ
discoveredBy U.S. Antarctic Service ⓘ
elevation ~2800 m ⓘ
~9200 ft ⓘ
eruptionStyle explosive and effusive (inferred for stratovolcanoes) ⓘ
geologicalType stratovolcano ⓘ
glaciation heavily glaciated ⓘ
hasSummitCrater true ⓘ
hazardLevel poorly known ⓘ
humanPopulation uninhabited ⓘ
lastEruption unknown ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
Marie Byrd Land ⓘ
mappingAgency United States Geological Survey ⓘ
namedAfter Lt. Carl H. Andrus ⓘ
partOf Marie Byrd Land volcanic province ⓘ
permanentSnowAndIce true ⓘ
prominence high local relief over surrounding ice sheet ⓘ
region West Antarctica ⓘ
relativeLocation inland from the Amundsen Sea coast ⓘ
remote true ⓘ
researchUse geological studies ⓘ
glaciological studies ⓘ
surfaceCharacteristic mostly ice-covered ⓘ
tectonicSetting intraplate volcanism of West Antarctica ⓘ
volcanicArcOrBelt Marie Byrd Land volcanic province ⓘ
volcanicField Marie Byrd Land volcanic province ⓘ

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