nunatak
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nunatak
1875–80; < Inuit (West Greenlandic) nunataq
Example Sentences
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Gokul’s final word was nunatak, an Inuit word for the exposed, often rocky, portion of a mountain or peak not covered with ice or snow.
From Forbes ● Jun. 3, 2015
Near faster ice streams, like Byrd Glacier, we found a rich assortment of igneous and metamorphic rocks, probably eroded from the upstream craton, even though the local nunatak geology exposes only Beacon and Ferrar.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2011
A nunatak sticking above the ice of the polar plateau.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2010
For First-Timer, an Icy Challenge The wonders of Antarctica: a moraine in the foreground and a large nunatak, or exposed element of a ridge or peak within an ice field, behind it.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2010
Not as much as a solitary nunatak has appeared to relieve the surface of ice and snow.
From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
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