nunatakn.
/ˈnʌnətak/, /ˈnuːnətak/, U.S. /ˈnənəˌtæk/, /ˈnunəˌtæk/ An isolated peak of rock projecting above the surface of inland ice. Cf. pingo n., rognon n. 2.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rocky peak > [noun]
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pinnaclec1330
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spire1586
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needle1721
pillar1780
needle rock1784
aiguille1816
nunatak1877
hoodoo1880
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [noun] > type of
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mountain of accumulation1864
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nunatak1877
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fold mountain1908
hen-cackle1934
1875 Sel. Papers Arctic Geogr. & Ethnol. 221 List of names of places in Greenland:..Nunatak, peak of land emerging from a glacier.]
1877 A. Helland in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 33 145 Portions of land protrude like islands near the border of the sea of ice..these..are called by the natives Nunataks, appendages to the land…At Kangerdlugssuak..there are three Nunataks.
1882 J. D. Whitney Climatic Changes 303 Camp was made..at the foot of a nunatak, the summit of which was 4,960 feet above the sea-level.
1900 Nation 15 Nov. 391/3 The visible land is in the form of nunataks, or of sea-cliffs, with talus beaches here and there.
1921 E. R. G. R. Evans South with Scott xiv. 190 Mount Hope is a nunatak of granite, about 2,800 feet in height.
1959 Times 9 Jan. 11/6 At Shackleton Base..we lacked..solid ground. Some nunataks could be seen over 20 miles away to the east, near Vahsel Bay.
1988 Climber June 29/3 They turned their attention to the various nunataks that towered above the ice and made the best of the opportunity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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