Meaning of nunatak | Babel Free

Definitions

A mountain top or rocky element of a ridge that is surrounded by glacial ice but is not covered by ice; a peak protruding from the surface ice sheet.

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Examples

“We made for a slope close⟳ to the end⟳ of the island or nunatak, where Shackleton must have⟳ got up also; it is obviously the only place⟳ when you look⟳ at it from a commanding rise⟳.”

“Only a few lichens and mosses colonize the rocky walls of cirques and nunataks.”

“The peak in whose lee you have⟳ chosen to set⟳ up your command post⟳ is far too regular in shape⟳ to be the nunatak you imagine⟳ it.”

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