nunatak

[ nuhn-uh-tak ]

/ ˈnʌn əˌtæk /

noun

a hill or mountain that has been completely encircled by a glacier.

Origin of nunatak

1875–80; <Inuit (West Greenlandic) nunataq

Words nearby nunatak

nummulitic limestone, numnah, numpty, numskull, nun, nunatak, nunation, Nunavut, nun buoy, nunc, Nunc Dimittis

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Example sentences from the Web for nunatak

We very soon put our things together, and came down the nunatak even more quickly.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2|Roald Amundsen
Later I climbed the large Nunatak Island, seven thousand feet high, near the west margin of the glacier.
Travels in Alaska|John Muir
The second nunatak was on the course; a sharp peak in the south, hidden by the contour of the uprising ridges.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
The schistose rocks from Scott's Nunatak are streaked, and, in part, very fine-grained quartz diorite schists.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2|Roald Amundsen

One of us, in any case, found immense enjoyment in rolling one big block after another down the steep slopes of the nunatak.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2|Roald Amundsen

British Dictionary definitions for nunatak

nunatak

/ (ˈnʌnəˌtæk) /

noun

an isolated mountain peak projecting through the surface of surrounding glacial ice and supporting a distinct fauna and flora after recession of the ice

Word Origin for nunatak

C19: via Danish from Inuktitut

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单词	nunatak
释义	nunatak [ nuhn-uh-tak ] / ˈnʌn əˌtæk / noun a hill or mountain that has been completely encircled by a glacier. Origin of nunatak 1875–80; <Inuit (West Greenlandic) nunataq Words nearby nunatak nummulitic limestone, numnah, numpty, numskull, nun, nunatak, nunation, Nunavut, nun buoy, nunc, Nunc Dimittis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nunatak We very soon put our things together, and came down the nunatak even more quickly. The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2\|Roald Amundsen Later I climbed the large Nunatak Island, seven thousand feet high, near the west margin of the glacier. Travels in Alaska\|John Muir The second nunatak was on the course; a sharp peak in the south, hidden by the contour of the uprising ridges. The Home of the Blizzard\|Douglas Mawson The schistose rocks from Scott's Nunatak are streaked, and, in part, very fine-grained quartz diorite schists. The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2\|Roald Amundsen One of us, in any case, found immense enjoyment in rolling one big block after another down the steep slopes of the nunatak. The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2\|Roald Amundsen British Dictionary definitions for nunatak nunatak / (ˈnʌnəˌtæk) / noun an isolated mountain peak projecting through the surface of surrounding glacial ice and supporting a distinct fauna and flora after recession of the ice Word Origin for nunatak C19: via Danish from Inuktitut Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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