Nunatak
(from the Inuit) An island of bedrock or mountain projecting above the surface of an ice sheet or highland icefield.
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Isolated peaks known as Alfabet Nunatakker at the edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet in East Greenland, viewed from Tillit Nunatak. These nunataks represent the summits of 2000 to 3000 m-high peaks that are almost buried by ice. Photo M. J. Hambrey, 1987. |