Gutenko Mountains is a large, scattered group of hills, 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 and small mountains at the south end of Dyer Plateau

Dyer Plateau

Dyer Plateau is a broad ice-covered upland of north-central Palmer Land, bounded to the north by Fleming Glacier and Bingham Glacier, and to the south by the Gutenko Mountains. The plateau was first explored on land and photographed from the air by the US Antarctic Service , 1939-41. Named after...

 in central 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...

. The feature includes Elliott Hills

Elliott Hills

Elliott Hills is a group of low hills and nunataks, 12 nautical miles long, that mark the northwest end of the Gutenko Mountains, in central Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander David J. Elliott,...

, Rathbone Hills

Rathbone Hills

Rathbone Hills is a line of low hills or nunataks, 14 nautical miles long and trending east-west, located 4 nautical miles north of Guthridge Nunataks in the Gutenko Mountains of central Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic...

, Guthridge Nunataks

Guthridge Nunataks

Guthridge Nunataks is a scattered group of sharp peaked nunataks and small mountains, about 22 nautical miles long and 6 nautical miles wide, midway between Rathbone Hills and Blanchard Nunataks in the Gutenko Mountains of central Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey in 1974...

 and Blanchard Nunataks

Blanchard Nunataks

The Blanchard Nunataks are an east-west trending group of nunataks, about long, marking the south end of the Gutenko Mountains in central Palmer Land. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey in 1974, the group was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lloyd G...

. These mountains were seen from the air during flights of November 21 and December 23, 1947, by the 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:...

 and are named for Sigmund Gutenko, U.S. Navy, chief commissary steward with the expedition. The mountains were mapped in detail 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) in 1974.