Mount Butters is the snowcapped summit, 2440 metre high, of a buttress-type escarpment at the extreme southeast end of Anderson Heights

Anderson Heights

Anderson Heights is a roughly rectangular snow-covered tableland, long and , with an elevation somewhat over , located between Mount Bennett and Mount Butters in the east part of the Bush Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered and photographed by U.S...

, between Mincey Glacier

Mincey Glacier

Mincey Glacier is a glacier, 10 nautical miles long, draining the south slopes of Anderson Heights in the Bush Mountains and flowing southeast to enter Shackleton Glacier at Thanksgiving Point. Discovered and photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump on the flights of February 16, 1947, and...

 on the south and Shackleton Glacier

Shackleton Glacier

Shackleton Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, over long and from 8 to 16 km wide, descending from the polar plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Mount Speed and Waldron Spurs. The Roberts Massif...

 on the east. It was discovered and photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47) on the flights of February 16, 1947, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 for Captain Raymond J. Butters, United States Marine Corps

United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...

, navigator of Flight 8A.