NUNATAK

Etymology

Noun

nunatak (plural nunataks or nunataker)

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. [from 1870s]

Anagrams

• Kuantan

Source: Wiktionary


Nu"na*tak, n.; pl. -taks (#) (the pl. form Nunatakker is Swedish). [Eskimo nunættak.]

Definition: In Greenland, an insular hill or mountain surrounded by an ice sheet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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