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Smith Nunataks () are two nunataks close together, lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) north-northeast of
Whitmill Nunatak Whitmill Nunatak is one of the Grossman Nunataks, lying in the west part of the group 5 nautical miles (9 km) south-southwest of Smith Nunataks, in Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy ...
in the northwest part of
Grossman Nunataks The Grossman Nunataks () are a group of about a dozen nunataks in Palmer Land, Antarctica, rising in elevation and running northwest–southeast for between the Lyon Nunataks and the Sky-Hi Nunataks. The group includes features from the Smi ...
, Palmer Land. Mapped by
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, ...
(USGS) from surveys and
U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...
aerial photographs, 1961–68, and Landsat imagery, 1973–74. Named in 1987 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Thomas T. Smith, USGS cartographer, a member of the field party on Byrd Glacier and Darwin Glacier, 1978–79. Nunataks of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub