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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 | 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]] | ||