Hutton Mountains is a group of mountains in southeast Palmer Land

Palmer Land

Palmer Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of...

, bounded on the southwest by Johnston Glacier

Johnston Glacier

Johnston Glacier is a glacier flowing in a southeast direction along the north side of Mount Owen to the head of Nantucket Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947–48, under Ronne, who named it for Freeborn Johnston, of the Dept...

, on the northwest by Squires Glacier

Squires Glacier

Squires Glacier is a tributary glacier between the Playfair and Hutton Mountains, flowing east-northeast to Swann Glacier, in Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Peter L. Squires,...

, on the north by Swann Glacier

Swann Glacier

Swann Glacier is a broad glacier of undetermined length flowing east into Wright Inlet to the north of Mount Tricorn, on the east coast of Palmer Land. The glacier was discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by members of East Base of the United States Antarctic Service...

, and on the east by Keller Inlet

Keller Inlet

Keller Inlet is an ice-filled inlet 12 nautical miles long, in a NE-SW direction, and 6 nautical miles wide, between Cape Little and Cape Fiske, along the east coast of Palmer Land...

. The mountains were observed and photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...

 (RARE), 1947-48. They were 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 air photos, 1961-67. 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) after James Hutton

James Hutton

James Hutton was a Scottish physician, geologist, naturalist, chemical manufacturer and experimental agriculturalist. He is considered the father of modern geology...

(1726–97), Scottish geologist.