nunatak
noun
nun·a·tak ˈnə-nə-ˌtak 
: a hill or mountain completely surrounded by glacial ice
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web There are several nunataks at Graves, all peaks of the same mountain. 
Barry Lopez, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019 While Shivashankar correctly spelled scherenschnitte, a German word for the art of paper cutting design, Venkatachalam nailed nunatak, an Inuit word for a kind of glacial island. Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 1 June 2018 One of the most luxurious lodges in Alaska, and one of the most remote anywhere, has just opened on a rocky glacier outcropping, or nunatak, smack in the middle of Denali National Park. Author: Nikki Ekstein, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2018
Barry Lopez, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019 While Shivashankar correctly spelled scherenschnitte, a German word for the art of paper cutting design, Venkatachalam nailed nunatak, an Inuit word for a kind of glacial island. Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 1 June 2018 One of the most luxurious lodges in Alaska, and one of the most remote anywhere, has just opened on a rocky glacier outcropping, or nunatak, smack in the middle of Denali National Park. Author: Nikki Ekstein, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2018 Word History
Etymology
Inuit (Greenland) nunataq
First Known Use
1877, in the meaning defined above