nunatak Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˈnʌn.ə.tæk]
  • Us [ ˈnʌn.ə.tæk]

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  • "Nunatak" means "lonely mountain" in Inuit.

  • Nunataks are promontories that project above the surface of a glacier.

  • Certain plants survived glaciation on nunataks.

  • There are several adjacent peaks exactly like this nunatak.

  • The top of the nunatak is 200 m above the level of the ice in the foreground.

  • The name is allusive; snow that cuts across parts of the nunatak gives it a segmented appearance resembling that of a centipede.

  • Its outflow is split in the center by a nunatak.

  • Investigators looked at a nunatak outcrop in the icefield and found highly mineralized rock.

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