Smith Nunataks are two 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...

s close together, lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) north-northeast of Whitmill Nunatak

Whitmill Nunatak

Whitmill Nunatak is one of the Grossman Nunataks, lying in the west part of the group 5 nautical miles south-southwest of Smith Nunataks, in Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961-68. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic...

 in the northwest part of 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 surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961–68, and Landsat imagery, 1973-74. 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 Thomas T. Smith, USGS cartographer, a member of the field party on Byrd Glacier

Byrd Glacier

The Byrd Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica, about 136 km long and 24 km wide, draining an extensive area of the polar plateau and flowing eastward between the Britannia Range and Churchill Mountains to discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inlet.Named by the NZ-APC after Rear...

 and Darwin Glacier

Darwin Glacier (Antarctica)

Darwin Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau eastward between the Darwin and Cook Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf. The glacier was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition , and the whole area traversed by New Zealand parties of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic...

, 1978-79.