Grossman Nunataks
mountain in Antarctica
The Grossman Nunataks (74°55′S 72°40′W) are a group of about a dozen nunataks in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica, rising 1,300–1,500 metres (4,300–4,900 ft) in elevation and running northwest–southeast for 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) between the Lyon Nunataks and the Sky-Hi Nunataks.
The group includes features from the Smith Nunataks and the Whitmill Nunatak in the northwest to Gaylord Nunatak and Neff Nunatak in the southeast.
Location
The Grossman Nunataks are in southwestern Ellsworth Land to the northwest of Merrick Mountains and the southeast of Lyon Nunataks.
Features, from northwest to southeast, include Smith Nunataks, Whitmill Nunatak, House Nunatak, Fletcher Nunataks, Barker Nunatak, Zohn Nunataks, Cheeks Nunatak, Fiebelman Nunatak, Schmutzler Nunatak and Gaylord Nunatak.
Mapping and name
The Grossman Nunataks were mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1961–68, and from United States Landsat imagery, 1973–74.
They were named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1994 after Charles Grossman, formerly Chief of the Shaded Relief and Special Graphics Unit, Branch of Special Maps, USGS, a specialist in the production of maps of Antarctica.
Features
Smith Nunataks
74°48′S 73°06′W.
Two nunataks close together, lying 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) north-northeast of Whitmill Nunatak in the northwest part of Grossman Nunataks.
Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1961-68, and Landsat imagery, 1973-74.
Named in 1987 by US-ACAN after Thomas T. Smith, USGS cartographer, a member of the field party on Byrd Glacier and Darwin Glacier, 1978-79.
Whitmill Nunatak
74°53′S 73°09′W.
One of the Grossman Nunataks, lying in the west part of the group 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south-southwest of Smith Nunataks.
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