Schmutzler 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, located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Neff Nunatak

Neff Nunatak

Neff Nunatak is a nunatak rising to about 1,500 m, located 1 nautical mile southeast of Schmutzler Nunatak in the southeast end of the Grossman Nunataks, Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1965-68. Named by Advisory Committee on...

 and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south-southwest of Gaylord Nunatak

Gaylord Nunatak

Gaylord Nunatak is a nunatak rising to about 1,500 m, 1.5 nautical miles north-northeast of Schmutzler Nunatak in the southeast end of the Grossman Nunataks, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961–68, and Landsat imagery,...

 in 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...

, 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...

. 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 U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1965-68. Named in 1987 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 Robin A. Schmutzler, USGS cartographer, a member of the joint USGS-BAS geological party to Orville Coast

Orville Coast

Orville Coast is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying west of Ronne Ice Shelf between Cape Adams and Cape Zumberge. It was discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947-48, under Ronne, who named this coast for Capt. Howard T. Orville, USN, Head of the Naval Aerological...

, 1977-78.