A nunatak (from

Inuit Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...

''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or

glacier A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...

that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural

pyramidal peak A pyramidal peak, sometimes called a glacial horn in extreme cases, is an angular, sharply pointed mountain peak which results from the cirque erosion due to multiple glaciers diverging from a central point. Pyramidal peaks are often examples o ...

s. When rounded by glacial action, smaller rock promontories may be referred to as rognons. The word is of Greenlandic origin and has been used in English since the 1870s.

Description

The term is typically used in areas where a permanent

ice sheet In glaciology, an ice sheet, also known as a continental glacier, is a mass of glacial ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than . The only current ice sheets are in Antarctica and Greenland; during the Last Glacial Period at Las ...

is present and the nunataks protrude above the sheet.J. J. Zeeberg, ''Climate and Glacial History of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russian Arctic''. pp. 82–84 Nunataks present readily identifiable landmark reference points in glaciers or ice caps and are often named. While some nunataks are isolated, sometimes they form dense clusters, such as

Queen Louise Land Queen Louise Land ( da, Dronning Louise Land; kl, Nuna Dronning Louise) is a vast mountainous region located west of Dove Bay, King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National P ...

in Greenland. Nunataks are generally angular and jagged, which hampers the formation of glacial ice on their tops, although snow can accumulate on them. They usually contrast strongly with the softer contours of the glacially eroded land after a glacier retreats. Nunataks are not greatly affected by

frost weathering Frost weathering is a collective term for several mechanical weathering processes induced by stresses created by the freezing of water into ice. The term serves as an umbrella term for a variety of processes such as frost shattering, frost wedg ...

given the low frequency of freeze-thaw cycles in areas of ice caps and ice sheets. Typically nunataks are the only places where plant life can survive on ice sheets or ice caps. Lifeforms on nunataks are frequently isolated by the surrounding ice or glacier, providing unique habitats.ice cap – National Geographic Society
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* Aitken Nunatak *

Åkerlundh Nunatak Åkerlundh Nunatak () is a nunatak which lies northwest of Donald Nunatak between Bruce Nunatak and Murdoch Nunatak in the Seal Nunataks group, off the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Sur ...

Allan Hills The Allan Hills are a group of hills at the end of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in Oates Land and Victoria Land regions of Antarctica. They are mainly ice free and about long, lying just north-west of the Coombs Hills near th ...

aka Allan Nunatak. *

All-Blacks Nunataks All-Blacks Nunataks () is a group of conspicuous nunataks lying midway between Wallabies Nunataks and Wilhoite Nunataks at the southeast margin of the Byrd Névé in Antarctica. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960� ...

* Altsek Nunatak * Anderson Nunataks *

Anoritooq Anoritooq (old spelling: ''Anoritôq'') is a nunatak ( kl, nunataq) in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Anoritooq is located on the mainland of Greenland in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago. To the north, ...

Appalachia Nunataks The Appalachia Nunataks () are a group of nunataks rising to about on the west side of the Elgar Uplands, Alexander Island, Antarctica. They are situated 5.62 km southwest of Lyubimets Nunatak, 9 km southwest of Kozhuh Peak and 9.65 ...

Arena Corner Arena Corner () is an arcuate (curved) nunatak at the north end of the Traverse Mountains, east of McHugo Peak, on the Rymill Coast, Palmer Land. It was named in 1977 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Commit ...

Arkhangel'skiy Nunataks The Arkhangel'skiy Nunataks () are a group of scattered rock outcrops about west of the central part of the Lazarev Mountains. They have been photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1958, and an ...

* Arrowhead Nunatak *

Atanasoff Nunatak Atanasoff Nunatak (Atanasov Nunatak \a-ta-'na-sov 'nu-na-tak\) is a nunatak, a sharp peak rising to in the east extremity of Bowles Ridge, Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak surmounts Huron Glacier to the south and east, and Struma Glacie ...

Aviator Nunatak Aviator Nunatak () is the northernmost of three large nunataks in the upper Liv Glacier, standing east of Mount Wells, Antarctica. It was named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–62) for th ...

Belknap Nunatak Thurston Island is an ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long, wide and in area, lying a short way off the northwest end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It is the third-largest island of Antarctica, after Alexander Island and Berkner ...

Berg Mountains The Berg Mountains are two ridges of six nunataks in Antarctica, south of Cape Buromskiy, Krylov Peninsula. They were photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1958, and the Australian National Anta ...

Bering Nunatak Bering Nunatak () is a nunatak lying east-southeast of Mount Carrara in the Sky-Hi Nunataks. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Edgar A. Bering, a physicist at the University of Houston The University of Houston ...

Bon Docteur Nunatak Bon Docteur Nunatak, also known as Good Doctor Nunatak, is a small coastal nunatak, high, standing at the west side of the Astrolabe Glacier Tongue, south of Rostand Island in the Geologie Archipelago of Antarctica. It was photographed from the ...

Bradley Nunatak Bradley Nunatak () is a prominent nunatak standing southwest of Mount Tidd in the Pirrit Hills, Marie Byrd Land Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica. With an area of , it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It ...

Branson Nunatak Branson Nunatak () is a nunatak between Mount Burnett and Price Nunatak in the Framnes Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Horntin ...

Brusilov Nunataks The Brusilov Nunataks () are a group of nunataks lying north of Mount Morrison in the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land. The geology of the nunataks was investigated by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition The Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SAE or SovAE) ( ...

Butcher Nunatak Butcher Nunatak () is a nunatak at the south end of the Birchall Peaks, southwest of Swarm Peak, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos (1959–65), ...

Cabrera Nunatak Cabrera Nunatak () is a nunatak northeast of Putzke Peak in the McCuddin Mountains, Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on ...

* Calfee Nunatak * Cameron Nunataks *

Canisp Canisp (Scottish Gaelic: ''Canasp'') is a mountain in the far north west of Scotland. It is situated in the parish of Assynt, in the county of Sutherland, north of the town of Ullapool. Canisp reaches a height of and qualifies as a Corbett an ...

, formed as a Nunatak *

Carapace Nunatak Carapace Nunatak () is a prominent isolated nunatak, the most westerly near the head of Mackay Glacier in Victoria Land, standing southwest of Mount Brooke where it is visible for a considerable distance from many directions. It was so named by ...

* Cassandra Nunatak * Castillo Nunatak *

Castor Nunatak Castor Nunatak () is a nunatak southwest of Oceana Nunatak in the Seal Nunataks group, off the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was first seen and mapped as an island in December 1893 by a Norwegian Sealing expedition under C.A. Larsen, ...

* Cat Nunatak * Catenary Nunatak * Cathedral Peak * C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak * Chain Nunataks * Cheeks Nunatak * Chocolate Nunatak *

Clem Nunatak Clem Nunatak is an isolated rock nunatak, high, standing at the west side of Skelton Glacier, southwest of Halfway Nunatak Halfway Nunatak () is an isolated nunatak in the Antarctica, on the west side of The Landing, and almost in the center ...

Cone Nunatak Cone Nunatak () is a nunatak, high, which appears conical on its north side but has brown rock cliffs on its south face, lying south-southeast of Buttress Hill on the Tabarin Peninsula, at the northeast extremity of the Antarctic Peninsula. I ...

Copper Nunataks The Copper Nunataks () are a cluster of nunataks across, situated at the head of Wetmore Glacier, west-southwest of Mount Crowell, in southern Palmer Land. The group was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and from ...

* Cowie Nunatak * Crash Nunatak * Crosby Nunataks *

Daniels Hill Daniels Hill () is a prominent solitary nunatak that rises above the ice in the eastern part of the Dyer Plateau of Palmer Land, approximately west of the head of Clifford Glacier. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey in 1974, and ...

* Dean Nunataks * Dee Nunatak *

Director Nunatak Director Nunatak () is a conspicuous nunatak standing between the heads of Balch Glacier and Breitfuss Glacier, in Graham Land in Antarctica. It was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1955–57, and mapped from these photos by the Falklan ...

* Dodd Nunatak * Dome Nunatak * Dotten Nunatak * Dow Nunatak * Downs Nunatak * Drury Nunatak * Du Toit Nunataks *

Dziura Nunatak Dziura Nunatak () is an ice-free nunatak, high, located northwest of Mount Remington in the northwestern extremity of the Helliwell Hills of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The geographical feature was first mapped by the United States Geological Surv ...

Eaton Nunatak Eaton Nunatak () is a prominent nunatak marking the southeastern extremity of the Merrick Mountains, in Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy The United States Navy ...

* Eckins Nunatak * Else Nunataks * Erehwon Nunatak *

Erven Nunataks The Erven Nunataks are a small nunatak group located northeast of Putzke Peak in the McCuddin Mountains of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica.They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos between 1959 ...

* Esther Nunatak * Everett Nunatak * Exile Nunatak *'' Exiles Nunataks'' * Fallone Nunataks *

Faraway How Faraway How is a nunatak in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it falls under the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. This geographic feature was named by the 1926 Cambridge Expedition to East Greenland led by Sir James ...

Farquharson Nunatak Farquharson Nunatak () is a nunatak northwest of Mount Lombard on Sobral Peninsula, on the Nordenskjöld Coast of Antarctica. The nunatak is surmounting Mundraga Bay to the west. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Geoffr ...

* Ferguson Nunataks * Fiebelman Nunatak *

Filson Nunatak Filson Nunatak () is a small nunatak east of Trost Peak in the eastern part of the Framnes Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. It was photographed from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) aircraft in 1958 and seen by ...

* Fin Nunatak * Florence Nunatak * Foltz Nunatak * Fomalhaut Nunatak *

Footscrew Nunatak Footscrew Nunatak () is a nunatak high to the southwest of Windy Gully, standing southeast of Altar Mountain in the Quartermain Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is one of a group of names in the area associated with surveying applie ...

* Fraser Nunatak *

Friedmann Nunataks The Friedmann Nunataks () are a small group of nunataks southeast of the Braddock Nunataks on the western margin of Dyer Plateau, Palmer Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey in 1974, and named by the Advisory ...

* Galkin Nunatak * Gallen Nunatak * Gardner Nunatak * Gillett Nunataks * George Nunatak * Gomez Nunatak * Goodwin Nunataks * Gootee Nunatak *

Gora Severny Nunatak Gora Severny or Gora Severnyy Nunatak (russian: Гора Северный Нунатак) is a nunatak in Novaya Zemlya. It is one of the very few nunataks of the Russian Federation. Administratively it falls under the Arkhangelsk Oblast. Geo ...

Gordon Nunataks The Gordon Nunataks () are a group of nunataks on the south side of Mosby Glacier, near its head, in south-central Palmer Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey from aerial photographs taken by the U.S. Navy, 1966–69. ...

* Gould Nunataks * Gratton Nunatak *

Grayson Nunatak Grayson Nunatak () is a nunatak situated west of Crummey Nunatak in Antarctica. It is the northwesternmost feature of the Gutenko Nunataks, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. The nunatak was discovered and first mapped by the United States ...

* Gromov Nunataks *

Gronau Nunataks The Gronau Nunataks ( da, Gronau Nunatakker) is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality. History This group of nunataks at the edge of the vast Greenland ...

Grossman Nunataks The Grossman Nunataks () are a group of about a dozen nunataks in Palmer Land, Antarctica, rising in elevation and running northwest–southeast for between the Lyon Nunataks and the Sky-Hi Nunataks. The group includes features from the Smi ...

* Guardian Nunatak * Haigh Nunatak *

Half Century Nunatak Half Century Nunatak () is a prominent nunatak, displaying a high east-facing rock escarpment, located north of Dismal Buttress at the west side of upper Shackleton Glacier, Antarctica. It was named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geolo ...

Half Dome Nunatak Half Dome Nunatak () is a nunatak lying south of the Cobham Range in Antarctica, at the mouth of Lucy Glacier. It was so named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Anta ...

Halfway Nunatak Halfway Nunatak () is an isolated nunatak in the Antarctica, on the west side of The Landing, and almost in the center of the upper Skelton Glacier. It was surveyed and descriptively named in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans ...

* Hamner Nunatak * Harter Nunatak * Harvey Nunataks *

Haupt Nunatak Haupt Nunatak () is a small nunatak south of the Alexander Nunataks, at the east side of the lower reaches of Vanderford Glacier in Antarctica. It was mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named by ...

Henry Nunataks The Henry Nunataks () are a cluster of nunataks located west of the Merrick Mountains in Palmer Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–67, and were named by the A ...

Herrmann Nunatak Herrmann Nunatak () is a nunatak northeast of the east end of the Phillips Mountains, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was discovered and mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (1939–41), and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antar ...

* Heuser Nunatak * Heverley Nunataks *

Holt Nunatak Holt Nunatak () is a prominent nunatak lying at the northeast corner of Larsen Inlet in Graham Land, Antarctica. It was mapped from surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (1960–61), and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Commi ...

* Hopalong Nunatak *

Horne Nunataks The Horne Nunataks () are a group of six nunataks in relative isolation, located on the north side of Goodenough Glacier, about inland from the west coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Ral ...

House Nunatak House Nunatak () is one of the Grossman Nunataks in Palmer Land, Antarctica, located southeast of Whitmill Nunatak. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after John R. House Jr., a United States Geological Survey cartograph ...

* Hutchins Nunataks *

Jaques Nunatak Jaques Nunatak () is a small nunatak lying south-southwest of Mount Kennedy (Antarctica), Mount Kennedy in the Gustav Bull Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. It was mapped from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions air photo ...

* Jane Peak * Jarina Nunatak *

John Nunatak John Nunatak () is an isolated granite nunatak in Antarctica, lying north of the Pirrit Hills. The nunatak was examined by United States Antarctic Research Program geologists Edward Thiel and Campbell Craddock on December 13, 1959, in the cours ...

* Johnson Nunataks *

Jorgensen Nunataks Prince Andrew Plateau () is an ice-covered plateau, about long and wide, lying south of Mount Rabot in the Queen Elizabeth Range (Antarctica), Queen Elizabeth Range of Antarctica. Exploration and name The Prince Andrew Plateau was named by the ...

* Jutulsessen * Kalafut Nunatak * Kamenev Nunatak * Kenfield Nunatak * Kinter Nunatak *

Kjuklingen Nunatak Kjuklingen Nunatak () is one of the Dwyer Nunataks, lying east of Mount Gjeita in the Hansen Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped and named Kjuklingen (the chicken) by Norwegian cartographers working from air photos taken by the Lars Christen ...

* Klawatti Peak *

Klinck Nunatak Klinck Nunatak () is an isolated nunatak rising to about between the Blanchard Nunataks and the Holmes Hills in south-central Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from aerial photographs taken by the U.S ...

* Knight Nunatak * Koehler Nunatak * Komatsu Nunatak * Kozlov Nunataks * Krasin Nunataks * Krasnaya Nunatak * Krigsvold Nunataks * Kyle Nunataks * Lacroix Nunatak *

Lands End Nunataks The Lands End Nunataks () are two rock nunataks north-northwest of Airdrop Peak at the north end of Ebony Ridge, Antarctica. The nunataks lie at the east side of the terminus of Beardmore Glacier and mark the northern termination of the Commonweal ...

Lang Nunatak Lang Nunatak () is an isolated nunatak located in the interior of southern Palmer Land, Antarctica, about west of the head of Irvine Glacier. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–67, and ...

* Laputa Nunataks *

Last Cache Nunatak Last Cache Nunatak () is the southernmost and last nunatak on the ridge forming the eastern wall of Zaneveld Glacier. Though not large, it is an important navigational landmark on the polar plateau in the vicinity of the head of Shackleton Glaci ...

* Lawson Nunatak * Lawson Nunataks * Leach Nunatak * Lee Nunatak * Lepley Nunatak * Lewisohn Nunatak *

Lilliput Nunataks The Lilliput Nunataks () are three nunataks, from high and trending southeast–northwest, located north of Gulliver Nunatak on the east side of Graham Land, Antarctica. The nunataks are snow free on their southeast sides. They were charted by t ...

Lodalskåpa Lodalskåpa is the highest nunatak on the Norwegian glacier Jostedalsbreen. It is located on the border between the municipalities of Stryn and Luster in Vestland county, Norway, within Jostedalsbreen National Park. The tall Lodalskåpa is lo ...

Lonely One Nunatak Lonely One Nunatak () is an eroded rock outcrop northwest of the Morozumi Range, Antarctica. The low outcrop rises above the relatively featureless ice at the west side of the confluence of Gressitt Glacier and Rennick Glacier. The name, applied ...

Lonewolf Nunataks The Lonewolf Nunataks () are a group of isolated nunataks lying northwest of the Wilhoite Nunataks, at the south side of Byrd Névé, Antarctica. They were so named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geologi ...

* Longs Nunatak * López Nunatak *

Luck Nunatak Luck Nunatak () is a nunatak southwest of Mount Caywood, in the Behrendt Mountains of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–67, and was named by the Advis ...

* Luff Nunatak * Luhrsen Nunatak *

McCarthy Nunatak McCarthy Nunatak () is a small nunatak, the top of which is almost at the same level as the surrounding ice plateau, about southeast of Depot Peak, Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. It was discovered from Australian National Antarctic Research E ...

* McDaniel Nunatak * MacDonald Nunataks *

McGrath Nunatak McGrath Nunatak is a ridge-like nunatak at the west end of the Blånabbane Nunataks, standing southeast of Van Hulssen Nunatak in Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christ ...

McNair Nunatak McNair Nunatak () is a small, clearly defined rock exposure in Antarctica, situated east of the central part of the Masson Range and south-southeast of Russell Nunatak. It was first seen by R. Dovers during the Australian National Antarctic Res ...

* Maish Nunatak * Marcoux Nunatak * Marshall Nunatak * Martin Nunataks * Mathis Nunataks *'' Marujupu Peak'' * Meade Nunatak * Meyers Nunatak * Miller Nunatak *

Miller Nunataks The Miller Nunataks () are a group of nunataks standing southwest of Mount Storegutt in Enderby Land, Antarctica. They were mapped from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions surveys and air photos from 1954 to 1966, and were named ...

* Milles Nunatak * Mirfak Nunatak *

Mizar Nunataks The Mizar Nunataks () are a small cluster of rock nunataks near the Antarctic polar plateau, south of the Wilhoite Nunataks. They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after the , a cargo vessel in the U.S. convoy to McMurdo Sou ...

* Moody Nunatak * Moltke Nunataks * Moreland Nunatak * Morgan Nunataks * Morse Nunataks *

Mulgrew Nunatak Mulgrew Nunatak () is a prominent nunatak, 1,600 m, standing four nautical miles (7 km) east of Tentacle Ridge in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica. Its summit, standing at , is named Peter Crest. The nunatak was first mapped by the Darwin G ...

* Musson Nunatak *

Neptune Nunataks Guest Peninsula is a snow-covered peninsula about long between the Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay, on Saunders Coast in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Mitchell Peak, located on the peninsula, was sighted by the first ...

* Névé Nunatak * Newman Nunataks * Nødtvedt Nunataks * Noble Nunatak * Nodule Nunatak * Nunatakassak *

Nunatarsuaq Nunatarsuaq (old spelling: ''Nunatarssuaq'', da, Hovgård Kystland) is a nunatak ( kl, nunataq) in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Nunatarsuaq is one of several nunataks in the Melville Bay region of Greenland, w ...

* Nunatarsuaq (Tasiusaq Bay) * Olander Nunatak * Olson Nunatak * Omega Nunatak * Organpipe Nunatak *

Orsugissap Qaqqarsua Orsugissap Qaqqarsua (old spelling: ''Orssugissap Qaqqarssua'') is a nunatak ( kl, nunataq) of the Greenland ice sheet in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Orsugissap Qaqqarsua () is located on the mainland of Green ...

Outrider Nunatak Outrider Nunatak () is a prominent nunatak (1,250 m) in the north-central portion of the Arkhangel'skiy Nunataks. The feature was photographed from aircraft of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump on January 4, 1947. The summit of the nunatak was intersect ...

Packsaddle Island Packsaddle Island (5,640 feet) is a nunatak located in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, in Alaska. It is surrounded by the Kennicott Glacier, and sits near the base of Mount Blackburn Mount Blackburn is the highest peak in the Wrangell Mo ...

* Papanin Nunataks * Pawley Nunataks * Pollux Nunatak * Potter Nunataks * Price Nunatak *

* Quest Nunatak *

Quilty Nunataks Quilty Nunataks () is a group of nunataks (exposed ice-free ridges) which extend over 8 miles (13 km), located 15 miles (24 km) southwest of the Thomas Mountains in Palmer Land. Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RAR ...

R4D Nunatak R4D Nunatak is a nunatak lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Burkett Nunatak, at the southeast end of Monument Nunataks. Named by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962–63, after the ...

Ranney Nunatak Ranney Nunatak () is a nunatak in the southwest extremity of Gutenko Nunataks, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. It was first mapped by the United States Antarctic Service The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as ...

Rebholz Nunatak Rebholz Nunatak () is an isolated nunatak just north of the Hudson Mountains, located 8 nautical miles (15 km) north-northwest of Teeters Nunatak. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy Th ...

* Recess Nunatak *

Rescue Nunatak The Lazarev Mountains () are a chain of mountains in Antarctica. They extend along the west side of Matusevich Glacier southward of Eld Peak, and are about long. The mountains were photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946� ...

* Reynolds Nunatak *

Ringed Nunatak Ringed Nunatak () is a small but conspicuous nunatak located in the icefall at the head of Gatlin Glacier, in the Cumulus Hills of Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely ...

* Robertson Nunatak *

Rutland Nunatak Rutland Nunatak () is a cone-shaped nunatak with associated rock outcrops, 2070 m, in the west part of Chapman Snowfield, Churchill Mountains. The nunatak is 10 nautical miles (18 km) east-northeast of Wilhoite Nunataks. Named by Advisory ...

Sage Nunataks Sage Nunataks () are two ice-free nunataks, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) apart, located at the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf just north of Mount Justman and the Gabbro Hills. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard H. ...

Salient Nunatak Salient Nunatak () is a prominent cusp-shaped nunatak which stands out from the north side of Ohio Range, Horlick Mountains, 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Glossopteris. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from survey ...

Sanders Nunatak Sanders Nunatak is a prominent (850 m) rising above the ice of to the south of Noxon Cliff, in Asgard Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of t ...

* Savin Nunatak * Sawyer Nunatak * Scheimpflug Nunatak * Schloredt Nunatak * Schoofs Nunatak * Seacatch Nunataks *

See Nunatak See Nunatak () is the northernmost of the group of peaks forming the eastern part of the Hansen Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photos. It was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R. See, chief helicopter mechanic with t ...

Sevier Nunatak Sevier Nunatak () is a nunatak lying southeast of Richter Peaks, rising to about 1,000 m at the south end of the Walton Mountains, situated in the central portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The nunatak was named by the Advisory Committee ...

* Shelton Nunataks *'' Ship Nunatak'' * Shoemake Nunatak * Singleton Nunatak * Slusher Nunatak * Småhausane Nunataks * Smørstabben Nunatak * Solitary Nunatak *

Sonntag Nunatak The Thiel Mountains are an isolated, mainly snow-capped mountain range of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Ellsworth Land region of Antarctica. The mountain range is long, and is located roughly between the Horlick Mountai ...

* Spectator Nunatak *

Stac Pollaidh Stac Pollaidh (IPA: �s̪t̪ʰaʰkˈpʰɔɫ̪ais a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The peak displays a rocky crest of Torridonian sandstone, with many pinnacles and steep gullies. The ridge was exposed to weathering as a nunatak ...

, formed as a Nunatak *

Stanford Nunatak Stanford Nunatak () is a small, somewhat isolated nunatak located 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Morgan in the eastern part of the Gutenko Nunataks, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surve ...

* Starr Nunatak *

Static Nunatak Static Nunatak () is a nunatak 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south-southwest of Altar Mountain, Quartermain Mountains, in Victoria Land. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by New Zealand Geographic Boa ...

* Stewart Hills * Stinear Nunataks * Striated Nunatak *

Suilven Suilven ( gd, Sùilebheinn) is a mountain in Scotland. Lying in a remote area in the west of Sutherland, it rises from a wilderness landscape of moorland, bogs, and lochans known as Inverpolly National Nature Reserve. Suilven forms a steep-sid ...

, formed as a Nunatak *

Svarthamaren Mountain Svarthamaren Mountain is a prominent ice-free mountain or large nunatak on the east side of the mouth of Vestreskorve Glacier in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was mapped from surveys and aerial photographs by ...

* Swarsen Nunatak *

Swartz Nunataks Swartz Nunataks () are two prominent nunataks, 1,565 m, protruding through the ice midway between the north part of Worcester Range and Tate Peak. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for Lieutenant Philip K. S ...

* Symes Nunatak * Syningen Nunatak * Table Nunatak *

Taurus Nunataks Taurus Nunataks () is a line of three nunataks running east–west, with only the outer two of any prominence, located 23 nautical miles (43 km) east-northeast of Gurney Point in Palmer Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Co ...

* Teltet Nunatak * Temnikow Nunataks * Tern Nunatak * Tester Nunatak * Themis Nunatak * Threshold Nunatak *

Tomandl Nunatak Tomandl Nunatak () is an isolated nunatak on the south side of Crevasse Valley Glacier, 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Mount Stancliff, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys an ...

* Tommeliten Rock * Tomovick Nunatak * Toth Nunataks * Trillingane Nunataks * Trioen Nunataks * Trubyatchinskiy Nunatak * Tuning Nunatak * Turret Nunatak *

Tuttulikassak Tuttulikassak (old spelling: ''Tugtulikavsak'', da, Lille Renland) is a nunatak ( kl, nunataq) in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Tuttulikassak is one of several nunataks in the Melville Bay region of Greenland, w ...

Twin Nunataks Twin Nunataks () are two small nunataks lying between Ricker Hills and Hollingsworth Glacier in the Prince Albert Mountains, Oates Land. Descriptively named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New ...

Utsteinen Nunatak Utsteinen Nunatak is a nunatak standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Viking Heights and the main group of the Sør Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946� ...

Varney Nunatak Varney Nunatak () is an ice-free nunatak at the south side of the mouth of Harbord Glacier in Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the mariti ...

* Velchev Rock * Vesleskarvet *

Velie Nunatak Velie Nunatak () is a nunatak located 9 nautical miles (17 km) north of Mount Moses in the Hudson Mountains. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the mari ...

* Vesthaugen Nunatak * Vorta Nunatak * Vulcan Nunatak *

Walker Nunatak Walker Nunatak () is a small nunatak 10 nautical miles (18 km) east of Branson Nunatak on the east edge of the Framnes Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land. Photographed from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in ...

* Wallis Nunataks * Walsh Nunatak *

Wandel Land Wandel Land is a nunatak ( kl, nunataq) in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is one of several nunataks in the Melville Bay region of Greenland, where the Greenland ice sheet ( kl, Sermersuaq) drains into the bay alongside i ...

Ward Nunataks Ward Nunataks () is a linear group of nunataks 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Alderdice Peak in the eastern part of Nye Mountains, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions ( ...

Watkins Range The Watkins Range ( da, Watkins Bjerge) is Greenland's highest mountain range. It is located in King Christian IX Land, Sermersooq municipality. The range was named after British Arctic explorer Gino Watkins. History Made up entirely of nunat ...

Weather Guesser Nunataks Weather Guesser Nunataks () is an isolated nunatak group 10 nautical miles (18 km) west-northwest of the Thomas Mountains in Palmer Land. First seen and photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48 ...

* Weikman Nunataks *

Whichaway Nunataks Whichaway Nunataks () is a group of rocky nunataks extending for 7 nautical miles (13 km) and marking the south side of the mouth of Recovery Glacier. First seen from the air and visited in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Exped ...

* Whistler Nunatak * White Nunataks *

Wilds Nunatak Wilds Nunatak () is a lone nunatak located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the south end of Frontier Mountain in Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64. Named by ...

Willan Nunatak Willan Nunatak is an ice-free tipped peak rising to 449 m on the glacial divide between Huntress Glacier and Balkan Snowfield on Hurd Peninsula in eastern Livingston Island Livingston Island (Russian name ''Smolensk'', ) is an Antarctic is ...

* Williams Nunatak * Willows Nunatak * Windscoop Nunataks * Witte Nunataks * Wold Nunatak * Wyers Nunataks *

Yingling Nunatak Yingling Nunatak () is a rocky nunatak just southward of the Windmill Islands, lying 0.8 miles (1.3 km) southeast of Goldenberg Ridge in the east part of Browning Peninsula. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjum ...

Young Nunataks Young Nunataks () is a group of nunataks in the Napier Mountains standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Mount Elkins, Antarctica. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37. ...

* Zohn Nunataks

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Nunatak survival of the high Alpine plant Eritrichium nanum
Glaciology

Nunatak A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. ...

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