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[[File:Mt-Swan-Map.jpg|thumb|350px|Map of the Gutenko Nunataks]]
[[File:Mt-Swan-Map.jpg|thumb|350px|Map of the Gutenko Nunataks]]
The '''Gutenko Nunataks''' are small, elongated [[nunatak]]s 1 nautical mile (2 km) west of [[Mount Morgan]] and north of [[Mount Swan]] in the [[Ford Ranges]] of [[Westarctica]].
The '''Gutenko Nunataks''' are small, elongated [[nunatak]]s 1 nautical mile (2 km) west of [[Mount Morgan]] and north of [[Mount Swan]] in the [[Ford Ranges]] of [[Westarctica]].  They include, among others, the [[Stanford Nunatak]].


==Discovery and name==
==Discovery and name==
They were discovered on aerial flights made from the West Base of the United States [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] Service in 1940, and named for Sigmund Gutenko, a cook and steward at West Base.
They were discovered on aerial flights made from the West Base of the United States [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] Service in 1940, and named for Sigmund Gutenko, a cook and steward at West Base.


The [[Duke of Gutenko]] draws his title from this feature.
The Duke of Gutenko draws his [[Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica|hereditary title]] from this feature.


[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]
[[Category:Nunataks]]
[[Category:Nunataks]]