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
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(USGS) from surveys and
U.S. Navy
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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
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