Nunatak

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  • n. 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. In Greenland, an insular hill or mountain surrounded by an ice sheet.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A crest or ridge of rock appearing above the surface of the inland ice in Greenland.
    • Word Usage
    "At Merger, a "nunatak" or rocky peak sticking out of the ice, the only evidence of a visit by U.S. scientists in 1975 is a tiny metal stake covered by a pile of rocks."
     
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