Gaylord Nunatak

Gaylord Nunatak (74°56′S 72°8′W / 74.933°S 72.133°W / -74.933; -72.133Coordinates: 74°56′S 72°8′W / 74.933°S 72.133°W / -74.933; -72.133) is a nunatak rising to about 1,500 metres (5,000 ft), 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) north-northeast of Schmutzler Nunatak in the southeast end of the Grossman Nunataks, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961–68, and from Landsat imagery, 1973–74. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1987 after Chauncey L. Gaylord, a USGS cartographer, 1942–76, Chief of the Compilation Unit in the Branch of Special Maps, working for many years in the preparation of Antarctic maps.^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Gaylord Nunatak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).