Schmutzler Nunatak

Schmutzler Nunatak (74°57′S 72°10′W / 74.950°S 72.167°W / -74.950; -72.167Coordinates: 74°57′S 72°10′W / 74.950°S 72.167°W / -74.950; -72.167) is a nunatak rising to about 1,500 m, located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Neff Nunatak and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south-southwest of Gaylord Nunatak in the Grossman Nunataks, Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1965-68. Named in 1987 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Robin A. Schmutzler, USGS cartographer, a member of the joint USGS-BAS geological party to Orville Coast, 1977-78.

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