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Andrus Point

Coordinates: 73°53′S 165°48′E / 73.883°S 165.800°E / -73.883; 165.800
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Andrus Point (73°53′S 165°48′E / 73.883°S 165.800°E / -73.883; 165.800) is a prominent, rocky, digit-like headland that juts eastward into Lady Newnes Bay toward the floating glacier tongue of the Parker Glacier, in Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander H.R. Andrus, logistics officer on the staff of the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1962–66.

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Andrus Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.