Whitmill Nunatak is one of the
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 ...
, 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
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(USGS) from surveys and
U.S. Navy
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aerial photographs, 1961–68. Named by
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1987 after
Leland D. Whitmill, USGS cartographer, a member of the field party on
Darwin Glacier and
Byrd Glacier, 1978–79.
Nunataks of Palmer Land
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