nunatak

Cântaro Magro, Serra da Estrela, Portugal, formed as nunatak during the last ice age and now exposed.

Meaning

Noun

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.

Origin

Borrowed from Greenlandic nunataq.

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