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What (who) is nunatak - definition
LANDFORM WITHIN AN ICE FIELD OR GLACIER
Nunataks; Nunatuk; Nanutak; Nanatuk; Nunataq; Glacial island; Glacial islands
nunatak
['n?n?tak]
¦ noun an isolated peak of rock projecting above a surface of inland ice or snow.
Origin
C19: from Eskimo nunataq.
Nunatak
·add. ·noun In Greenland, an insular hill or mountain surrounded by an ice sheet.
Nunataks
·add. ·pl of Nunatak.
Wikipedia
Nunatak
A nunatak (from Inuit nunataq) is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. When rounded by glacial action, smaller rock promontories may be referred to as rognons.
The word is of Greenlandic origin and has been used in English since the 1870s.
