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单词 nunatak
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nunatak

/ˈnʌnətak /
noun
An isolated peak of rock projecting above a surface of inland ice or snow.McCarroll & Ballantyne suggested that the ice reached an elevation of only between 750 and 850 m a.s.l. in Snowdonia, NW Wales, and that the higher summits remained above the ice surface as nunataks....
  • This would leave Scafell Pikes and other peaks protruding as nunataks, consistent with the observations of Lamb & Ballantyne.
  • Remapping of several nunataks and ridge exposures reveals that the basal Neptune Group truncates a large-scale, closed syncline, developed within the Nelson Limestone.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Eskimo nunataq.

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