Grayson Nunatak () is a
nunatak situated west of
Crummey Nunatak in Antarctica. It is the northwesternmost feature of the
Gutenko Nunataks The Gutenko Nunataks are small, elongated nunataks west of Mount Morgan in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. They were discovered on aerial flights made from the West Base of the United States Antarctic Service
The United State ...
, in the
Ford Ranges
The Ford Ranges () are a grouping of mountain ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on December 5, 1929, they were named by Byrd ...
of
Marie Byrd Land. The nunatak was discovered and first mapped by the
United States Antarctic Service
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, 1939–41. It was remapped by the
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...
from surveys and
U.S. Navy
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aerial photography, 1959–65, and was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for
Donald E. Grayson, an engineer at
Byrd Station, 1970.
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References
Nunataks of Marie Byrd Land
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