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Grossman Nunataks

Nunatak group in Palmer Land, Antarctica

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country	Antarctica
country_type	Continent
subdivision2_type	Region
map	Antarctica
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The Grossman Nunataks () are a group of about a dozen nunataks in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica, rising 1300 - in elevation and running northwest–southeast for 18 nmi 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

Eastern Ellsworth Land (south), Southern Palmer Land (north). Cheeks Nunatak (in Grossman Nunataks) in southwest of map.

Grossman Nunataks to the southeast of the map

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

Whitmill Nunatak

House Nunatak

Fletcher Nunataks

Barker Nunatak

Zohn Nunataks

Cheeks Nunatak

Fiebelman Nunatak

Schmutzler Nunatak

Neff Nunatak

Gaylord Nunatak

References

Sources

{{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G.
{{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ellsworth_Land_-_Palmer_Land.jpg |accessdate=2024-01-19
{{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C74072s1_Ant.Map_Lyon_Nunataks.jpg |accessdate=2024-01-19

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