The Blanchard Nunataks () are an east–west trending group of
nunataks, about long, marking the south end of the
Gutenko Mountains
The Gutenko Mountains () are a large, scattered group of hills, nunataks and small mountains at the south end of Dyer Plateau in central Palmer Land, Antarctica. The feature includes the Elliott Hills, the Rathbone Hills, the Guthridge Nunataks ...
in central
Palmer Land. Mapped by the
United States Geological Survey
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in 1974, the group was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for
Lloyd G. Blanchard of the Division of Polar Programs,
National Science Foundation
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, and Assistant Editor of the
Antarctic Journal of the United States.
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References
Nunataks of Palmer Land
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