Goodspeed Nunataks is a group of three rows of 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, oriented approximately east-west and 10 to 15 miles long, located at the west end of Fisher Glacier

Fisher Glacier

Fisher Glacier is a prominent western tributary to the Lambert Glacier, about 100 miles long, flowing east past the north sides of Mount Menzies and Mount Rubin and joining the main stream of the Lambert Glacier just east of Mount Stinear. Sighted from ANARE aircraft by K.B. Mather in 1957. Named...

, about 30 miles westnorthwest of Mount McCauley

Mount McCauley

Mount McCauley is a prominent mountain between Mount Scherger and Mount Dummett on the north side of Fisher Glacier, in the Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered from ANARE aircraft in 1956 and visited by an ANARE party in 1960...

, in the Prince Charles Mountains

Prince Charles Mountains

Prince Charles Mountains is a major group of mountains in Mac. Robertson Land in Antarctica, including the Athos Range, the Porthos Range, and the Aramis Range. The highest peak is Mount Menzies . Other prominent peaks are Mount Izabelle and Mount Stinear...

 in Antarctica. They were sighted by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions

Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions

The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...

) seismic party led by K.B. Mather in January 1958, and named by ANCA after M.J. Goodspeed, geophysicist at Mawson Station

Mawson Station

Mawson Station is one of three permanent Australian bases in the Australian Antarctic Territory of East Antarctica. Named after Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, the base is managed by the Australian Antarctic Division...

in 1957.