Gaylord Nunatak is a nunatak

Nunatak

A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within an ice field or glacier. The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present...

 rising to about 1,500 m, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north-northeast of Schmutzler Nunatak

Schmutzler Nunatak

Schmutzler Nunatak is a nunatak rising to about 1,500 m, located 1 nautical mile northwest of Neff Nunatak and 1.5 nautical miles south-southwest of Gaylord Nunatak in the Grossman Nunataks, Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1965-68...

 in the southeast end of the Grossman Nunataks

Grossman Nunataks

Grossman Nunataks is a group of about a dozen nunataks in Palmer Land, rising 1,300-1,500 m in elevation and running NW-SE for 18 nautical miles between Lyon Nunataks and Sky-Hi Nunataks. The group includes features from Smith Nunataks and Whitmill Nunatak in the northwest to Gaylord Nunatak and...

, Ellsworth Land

Ellsworth Land

Ellsworth Land is that portion of the Antarctic continent bounded on the west by Marie Byrd Land, on the north by Bellingshausen Sea, on the northeast by the base of Antarctic Peninsula, and on the east by the western margin of Ronne Ice Shelf. It extends between 103°24'W and 79°45'W...

. Mapped by United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961–68, and Landsat imagery, 1973-74. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) in 1987 after Chauncey L. Gaylord, 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.