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. 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.

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The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet 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 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 Aitken Nunatak is a small rock nunatak, high, standing southwest of Mount Bumstead in the Grosvenor Mountains in Antarctica. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William M. Aitken, United States Antarctic Research Program auror ...

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 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 Altsek Nunatak (Nunatak Altsek \'nu-na-tak al-'tsek\) is a rocky hill projecting from the Murgash Glacier in Dryanovo Heights on Greenwich Island, Antarctica. The peak is named after Khan Altsek, whose Bulgars settled in Italy in the 7th cent ...

Anderson Nunataks Anderson Nunataks, also known as Shimizu Nunatak, is a group of nunataks forming the northeast end of the Sweeney Mountains, Antarctica. They were discovered and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48, an ...

* Anoritooq * Appalachia Nunataks * Arena Corner *

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 Arrowhead Nunatak () is a long, narrow nunatak southeast of Sullivan Nunatak near the head of Nimrod Glacier. It was mapped and so named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960–61) because in plan i ...

* Atanasoff Nunatak * Aviator Nunatak * Belknap Nunatak * Berg Mountains * Bering Nunatak * Bon Docteur Nunatak * Bradley Nunatak * Branson Nunatak * Brusilov Nunataks * Butcher Nunatak * Cabrera Nunatak *

Calfee Nunatak Calfee Nunatak () is an isolated nunatak at the east side of Reeves Neve, west of Mount Fenton, in Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1956–62, and named by th ...

Cameron Nunataks The Cameron Nunataks () are a small cluster of nunataks rising above the west margin of Evans Neve, at the southern end of the Freyberg Mountains. The cluster was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air ...

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 a ...

, 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 t ...

Cassandra Nunatak Cassandra Nunatak () is a nunatak, high, marking the east side of the mouth of Iliad Glacier in northern Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955–57, and mapped from photos taken by ...

Castillo Nunatak Castillo Nunatak is a conspicuous rocky peak rising to 437 m on the glacial divide between Huntress Glacier and Balkan Snowfield on Hurd Peninsula in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is linked to Charrúa R ...

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 Cat Nunatak () is a nunatak in Antarctica, midway between Vince Nunatak and Hogback Hill Wilson Piedmont Glacier () is a large piedmont glacier extending from Granite Harbour to Marble Point on the coast of Victoria Land. Scheuren Stream takes ...

Catenary Nunatak Catenary Nunatak () is a nunatak located southwest of Monastery Nunatak on the south side of the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, in the Antarctic. The name was selected in 1993 by the New Zealand Geographic Board. It is one of a group of ...

Cathedral Peak Cathedral Peak may be any of several mountains, typically those with steep sides and towers reminiscent of a cathedral. In the United States alone, the USGS identifies 17 summits named "Cathedral Peak". In other countries: *Cathedr ...

* C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak *

Chain Nunataks The Chain Nunataks () are a linear series of nunataks to the west of Blue Glacier, running west-northwest–east-southeast for between Briggs Hill and Hannon Hill, in Victoria Land. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveyin ...

Cheeks Nunatak Cheeks Nunatak () is the largest and southernmost of three nunataks located northwest of the Merrick Mountains, in Palmer Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–67, and named by ...

Chocolate Nunatak Chocolate Nunatak () is an isolated nunatak of reddish-brown color at the east side of the head of Mariner Glacier, west-southwest of Mount McCarthy, Barker Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The name is descriptive, apparently applied by B ...

Clem Nunatak Clem Nunatak is an isolated rock nunatak, high, standing at the west side of Skelton Glacier, southwest of Halfway Nunatak. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1964 for Willis R. Clem, a construction mechanic at McMurdo S ...

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. It ...

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 Cowie Nunatak is a bold bluff-type nunatak, high, with a cliffed east face, located west of Detour Nunatak in the upper part of Mackay Glacier Mackay Glacier () is a large glacier in Victoria Land, descending eastward from the Antarctic polar p ...

Crash Nunatak Crash Nunatak is an isolated nunatak between Beta Peak and Mount Bowen in the Prince Albert Mountains The Prince Albert Mountains () are a major mountain group in Antarctica over 320 km (200 mi) long. Located in Victoria Land, they ru ...

Crosby Nunataks The Crosby Nunataks () are a set of three nunataks northeast of Mount Morrison, in the northern part of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land. They were plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft ...

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 The Dean Nunataks () are a pair of nunataks lying about east-northeast of Mount Moses in the Hudson Mountains. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–66, and were named by the A ...

Dee Nunatak Dee Nunatak () is a rock nunatak which appears to be within the flow of Garfield Glacier, in the west part of McDonald Heights, Marie Byrd Land. The feature lies west of Rhodes Icefall. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ...

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 Dodd Nunatak () is a nunatak west of Mount Cox in the northwest portion of the Emlen Peaks in the Usarp Mountains, a major mountain range within Victoria Land, Antarctica. The geographical feature was first mapped by the United States Geological ...

Dome Nunatak Dome Nunatak () is a dome-shaped nunatak, high, protruding above the Mackay Glacier, about northwest of Mount Suess, in Victoria Land. It was charted and named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Robert Falcon Scott. Reference ...

* Dotten Nunatak *

Dow Nunatak Dow Nunatak () is a small, relatively isolated nunatak 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Mount Sinha in the southwest part of McDonald Heights, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys ...

Downs Nunatak Downs Nunatak () is a nunatak rising to between the Garcie Peaks and Webb Peak, Crescent Scarp, in northwest Palmer Land. The nunatak was photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service, 1940, the U.S. Navy, 1966, and was surv ...

Drury Nunatak Drury Nunatak () is a bare, black, isolated nunatak standing up boldly from the ice at the head of Lauritzen Bay, 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) northwest of Reynolds Peak. The feature was observed and charted on 20 February 1959, by the Australia ...

Du Toit Nunataks The Du Toit Nunataks () are a group of nunataks between Cornwall Glacier and Glen Glacier, marking the western end of the Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. They were photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by the British ...

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 Eckins Nunatak () is a small, isolated nunatak lying northeast of Matador Mountain, in the eastern part of Shackleton Glacier in Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Henry J. Eckins, a United States Antarctic ...

Else Nunataks The Else Nunataks () are a group of low, partially snow-covered nunataks north of Mount Oydeholmen, on the south side of Wilma Glacier, Enderby Land. They were mapped from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) surveys and air p ...

Erehwon Nunatak Erehwon Nunatak () is a small nunatak, high and long, at an elevation of , located northwest of Henkle Peak in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It was discovered in January 1985 by chance in a snowstorm and fog by the joint United States Geological ...

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 Esther Nunatak () is a nunatak lying southwest of Brimstone Peak (South Shetland Islands), Brimstone Peak in the northeast part of King George Island (South Shetland Islands), King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was charted and na ...

Everett Nunatak Everett Nunatak () is a massive rock nunatak standing just northeast of the Roberts Massif, at the southwest side of Zaneveld Glacier. It was named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition The Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition took p ...

Exile Nunatak Exile Nunatak () is an isolated nunatak in the northwest part of Handel Ice Piedmont in the west-central part of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was first mapped from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48, by ...

*'' Exiles Nunataks'' *

Fallone Nunataks The Fallone Nunataks () are a chain of nunataks long, located 10 nautical miles northeast of the Harold Byrd Mountains, between the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Watson Escarpment. They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names f ...

* Faraway How *

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 The Ferguson Nunataks () are a nunatak group lying between the heads of Meinardus Glacier and Swann Glacier in Palmer Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961� ...

Fiebelman Nunatak Fiebelman Nunatak () is one of the Grossman Nunataks of Antarctica, lying east-northeast of Cheeks Nunatak. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1965–68, and was named in 1987 by the ...

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 b ...

Fin Nunatak Fin Nunatak () is a nunatak, high, in the middle of Casey Glacier, near the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. The nunatak was photographed from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins on 20 December 1928, and was first mapped from these photos by W.L ...

Florence Nunatak Florence Nunatak () is a conspicuous nunatak, high, nearly east of the head of Potter Cove in the southwest part of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for the sealing vessel ...

Foltz Nunatak Foltz Nunatak () is a nunatak rising to about , north of Schwartz Peak in Antarctica. The feature is part of a nunatak group discovered and photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth in November 1935. It was mapped by the United States Geo ...

Fomalhaut Nunatak Fomalhaut Nunatak () is an isolated, flat-topped nunatak near the head of Ryder Glacier, east of Mount Alpheratz of the Pegasus Mountains, in Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after the star Fomalhau ...

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 Fraser Nunatak () is a nunatak rising to , south west of the Wilhoite Nunataks and west of the Churchill Mountains in Antarctica. It was named in honor of Graham Fraser Graham Fraser (born 1946) is a Canadian former journalist and writer who ...

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 Galkin Nunatak () is an isolated nunatak about northwest of Mount Coman, surmounting the interior ice plateau near the base of Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air ...

Gallen Nunatak Gallen Nunatak () is a nunatak on the south side of Balchunas Pass, northwest of Putzke Peak, in the McCuddin Mountains of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 19 ...

Gardner Nunatak Gardner Nunatak () is a nunatak rising to about , west-southwest of Tollefson Nunatak in the Yee Nunataks of Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961 ...

* Gillett Nunataks *

George Nunatak George Nunatak () is a nunatak, high, located midway between the eastern part of the Harold Byrd Mountains and Leverett Glacier in Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Paul George, a member of the U.S. Army hel ...

Gomez Nunatak Gomez Nunatak () is an isolated nunatak southwest of Mount Vang, surmounting the interior ice plateau near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, ...

Goodwin Nunataks The Goodwin Nunataks () are a small group of isolated nunataks lying about west of the Marshall Mountains of Antarctica, at the south side of Walcott Neve. They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Michael L. Goodwin, a U ...

Gootee Nunatak Gootee Nunatak is a small but distinctive nunatak, about high, which is the only rock outcrop at the west end of Couzens Bay, Shackleton Coast, Antarctica. The nunatak was geologically mapped by a United States Antarctic Program field party led ...

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 *

Gould Nunataks The Gould Nunataks () are a small group of nunataks about southeast of Mount Biscoe in Enderby Land, Antarctica. They were discovered in January 1930 by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Mawson, who named t ...

Gratton Nunatak Gratton Nunatak () is a bare, linear nunatak lying at the south side of the mouth of McCarthy Glacier, Antarctica, where the latter enters Reedy Glacier. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, ...

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 The Gromov Nunataks () are a group of 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 i ...

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 Guardian Nunatak () is a rock exposure, high, on the ice-covered spur that descends from Mount Robert Scott east-northeastward toward the western edge of Hood Glacier, near the juncture with Ross Ice Shelf The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest i ...

Haigh Nunatak Haigh Nunatak ()* is a low peak northeast of Pickering Nunatak on the east side of the mouth of Lambert Glacier in Antarctica. It was photographed from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1957, and was visited by a geolog ...

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 Geologi ...

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 Antarc ...

* Halfway Nunatak *

Hamner Nunatak Hamner Nunatak () is a nunatak lying west of the Warren Range, Antarctica, west-northwest of Wise Peak. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1964 for Karl C. Hamner, a biologist at McMurdo Station McMurdo Station is a ...

Harter Nunatak Harter Nunatak () is a small, relatively isolated nunatak lying northeast of Mount Tidd at the northeast side of the Pirrit Hills in Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, ...

Harvey Nunataks The Harvey Nunataks () are four nunataks standing west of Mount Ryder, in the eastern part of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land, Antarctica. They were plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft i ...

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 * Heuser Nunatak *

Heverley Nunataks The Heverley Nunataks () are small, relatively isolated nunataks protruding through the ice northeast of the summit of Mount Flint in the McCuddin Mountains of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey fro ...

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 Hopalong Nunatak () is the westernmost and highest of the 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 see ...

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 Jane Peak is a conspicuous nunatak, high, standing west of the northern part of Borge Bay on Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. It was roughly surveyed in 1933 by Discovery Investigations personnel, and resurveyed in 1947 by the Falklan ...

Jarina Nunatak Jarina Nunatak () is a nunatak lying west-northwest of the main summit of Trinity Nunatak in the stream of the Mawson Glacier, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1964 for Lieutenant Commander Michael Jarina, ...

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 The Johnson Nunataks () are two isolated rock crags, or nunataks, which lie west of Reed Ridge, along the northwest side of Ford Massif in the Thiel Mountains of Antarctica. The name was proposed by Peter Bermel and Arthur B. Ford, co-leaders of ...

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 Jutulsessen is a nunatak in the Gjelsvik Mountains in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It is located in Princess Martha Coast, from the King Haakon VII Sea. Jutulsessen is the site of the Norwegian research station Troll (research station), Troll an ...

Kalafut Nunatak Kalafut Nunatak () is a nunatak which marks the southeast end of the Haines Mountains, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (1939–41) and by the United States Geological Survey ...

Kamenev Nunatak Kamenev Nunatak () is a ridge-like nunatak located inland from Odom Inlet and west of Mount Whiting in Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarcti ...

* Kenfield Nunatak *

Kinter Nunatak Kinter Nunatak () is the southernmost of the Sky-Hi Nunataks in eastern Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1987 after Paul M. Kinter of the School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, ...

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 Klawatti Peak () is located in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. Klawatti Peak is a nunatak, a peak surrounded by glaciers. These are Klawatti Glacier to the east, McAllister Glacier to the northwest and Inspiratio ...

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 Knight Nunatak () is a lone coastal nunatak south-southeast of Cape Kinsey and northeast of Mount Conrad in the Goodman Hills of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and air photos, 1960–63, and was name ...

Koehler Nunatak Koehler Nunatak () is an isolated nunatak about east-southeast of Mount Manthe, at the southeastern margin of the Hudson Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1 ...

* Komatsu Nunatak *

Kozlov Nunataks The Kozlov Nunataks () are a group of nunataks lying north of Mount Parviainen in the Tula Mountains of Enderby Land, Antarctica. The nunataks were visited by geologists of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition The Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SAE or S ...

Krasin Nunataks The Krasin Nunataks () are a small group of nunataks lying southeast of Alderdice Peak in the Nye Mountains of Enderby Land, Antarctica. The features were plotted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition The Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SAE or SovAE) ( ...

Krasnaya Nunatak Krasnaya Nunatak () is a nunatak lying south of Alderdice Peak in the Nye Mountains of Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was mapped, and named "Gora Krasnaya" (red mountain), by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition The Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SAE or S ...

Krigsvold Nunataks The Krigsvold Nunataks () are a small cluster of isolated nunataks located directly at the head of Strauss Glacier, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959� ...

Kyle Nunataks The Kyle Nunataks () are three nunataks east of Mount Hampson, in the northern part of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land, Antarctica. They were plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956, ...

Lacroix Nunatak Lacroix Nunatak () is a ridge of terminal moraine, about long and high, standing immediately south of a small zone of low rocky ridges which protrude above the ice-covered point southwest of Cape Margerie, Adélie Coast, Antarctica. It was discov ...

* Lands End Nunataks * Lang Nunatak *

Laputa Nunataks The Laputa Nunataks () are a range of nunataks and snow-covered hills with minor rock outcrops, rising from about to over , and located northwest of Adie Inlet on the east side of Graham Land, Antarctica. They were first charted by the Falkla ...

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 Glacier. ...

Lawson Nunatak Lawson Nunatak () is a small tooth-like nunatak lying southeast of Branson Nunatak in the Masson Range of the Framnes Mountains of Antarctica. The feature was fixed by intersection from trigonometrical stations by Australian National Antarctic R ...

* Lawson Nunataks *

Leach Nunatak Leach Nunatak () is a nunatak west-southwest of Mount Ronne in the Haines Mountains, Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (1939–41) and by the United States Geological Survey from survey ...

Lee Nunatak Lee Nunatak () is a nunatak, high, northwest of Penseroso Bluff in the northwest part of the Daniels Range in the Usarp Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63 ...

Lepley Nunatak The Abbot Ice Shelf is an ice shelf long and wide, bordering Eights Coast from Cape Waite to Pfrogner Point in Antarctica. Thurston Island lies along the northern edge of the western half of this ice shelf; other sizable islands (Sherman, C ...

Lewisohn Nunatak Lewisohn Nunatak () is an isolated nunatak southeast of the Mackay Mountains, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was discovered and mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (1939–41), and was named by the Advisory Commi ...

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 *

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 Longs Nunatak () is a coastal nunatak northwest of Campbell Nunatak, facing on Penney Bay at the south end of the Windmill Islands, Antarctica. It was first mapped in 1955 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and was n ...

López Nunatak López Nunatak is a steep-sided granitic nunatak, high, forming the northern extremity of the Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and overlooking Fuerza Aérea Glacier to the south-southwest, and Ash Poin ...

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 Luff Nunatak () is a narrow nunatak, long, located west of Foster Nunatak in the Manning Nunataks of Antarctica, in the eastern part of the Amery Ice Shelf. The Manning Nunataks were photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47) and the ...

* 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 McDaniel Nunatak () is a ridgelike projection at the north side of the head of Davis Glacier, about north of Mount George Murray, in the Prince Albert Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey fro ...

MacDonald Nunataks The MacDonald Nunataks () are two nunataks overlooking the head of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, standing just east of the terminus of Amundsen Glacier, west of O'Brien Peak. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys ...

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 *

Maish Nunatak Maish Nunatak () is a nunatak located west-southwest of Mount Moses, in the central part of the Hudson Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–66, and was named ...

Marcoux Nunatak Marcoux Nunatak () is a nunatak high, about midway between the Schmidt Nunataks and Poorman Peak in the Wilson Hills of Antarctica. It stands above the ice near the head of Manna Glacier. The nunatak was mapped by the United States Geological Su ...

Marshall Nunatak Marshall Nunatak () is a somewhat isolated rock nunatak, east-southeast of the FitzGerald Bluffs in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It lies east of Schwartz Peak and is the easternmost member in the chain of small summits located southeast of the ...

Martin Nunataks The Martin Nunataks () are a pair of isolated nunataks situated along the northern margin of David Glacier, southeast of Mount Wood, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. ...

Mathis Nunataks The Mathis Nunataks () are an isolated cluster of nunataks near the head of Arthur Glacier, east-southeast of Mount Warner, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (1939–41) and b ...

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Marujupu Peak Marujupu Peak (); Fosdick Mountains, Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. A conspicuous ''nunatak'' standing above the main flow of Ochs Glacier, between Mount Iphigene and Mount Ferranto. It was discovered and so named by Byrd on the Byrd An ...

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Meade Nunatak Meade Nunatak () is a nunatak north of Blanchard Hill, rising to in the Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and was surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey, 1968–71. In a ...

*Meyers Nunatak *Miller Nunatak *Miller Nunataks *Milles Nunatak *Mirfak Nunatak *Mizar Nunataks *Moody Nunatak *Moltke Nunataks *Moreland Nunatak *Morgan Nunataks *Morse Nunataks *Mulgrew Nunatak *Musson Nunatak *Neptune Nunataks *Névé Nunatak *Newman Nunataks *Nødtvedt Nunataks *Noble Nunatak *Nodule Nunatak *Nunatakassak *Nunatarsuaq *Nunatarsuaq (Tasiusaq Bay) *Olander Nunatak *Olson Nunatak *Omega Nunatak *Organpipe Nunatak *Orsugissap Qaqqarsua *Outrider Nunatak *Packsaddle Island *Papanin Nunataks *Pawley Nunataks *Pollux Nunatak *Potter Nunataks *Price Nunatak * Queen Louise Land *Quest Nunatak *Quilty Nunataks *R4D Nunatak *Ranney Nunatak *Rebholz Nunatak *Recess Nunatak *Rescue Nunatak *Reynolds Nunatak *Ringed Nunatak *Robertson Nunatak *Rutland Nunatak *Sage Nunataks *Salient Nunatak *Sanders Nunatak *Savin Nunatak *Sawyer Nunatak *Scheimpflug Nunatak *Schloredt Nunatak *Schoofs Nunatak *Seacatch Nunataks *See Nunatak *Sevier Nunatak *Shelton Nunataks *''Usarp Mountains, Ship Nunatak'' *Shoemake Nunatak *Singleton Nunatak *Slusher Nunatak *Småhausane Nunataks *Smørstabben Nunatak *Solitary Nunatak *Sonntag Nunatak *Spectator Nunatak *Stac Pollaidh, formed as a Nunatak *Stanford Nunatak *Starr Nunatak *Static Nunatak *Stewart Hills *Stinear Nunataks *Striated Nunatak *Suilven, formed as a Nunatak *Svarthamaren Mountain *Swarsen Nunatak *Swartz Nunataks *Symes Nunatak *Syningen Nunatak *Table Nunatak *Taurus Nunataks *Teltet Nunatak *Temnikow Nunataks *Tern Nunatak *Tester Nunatak *Themis Nunatak *Threshold Nunatak *Tomandl Nunatak *Tommeliten Rock *Tomovick Nunatak *Toth Nunataks *Trillingane Nunataks *Trioen Nunataks *Trubyatchinskiy Nunatak *Tuning Nunatak *Turret Nunatak *Tuttulikassak *Twin Nunataks *Utsteinen Nunatak *Varney Nunatak *Velchev Rock *Vesleskarvet *Velie Nunatak *Vesthaugen Nunatak *Vorta Nunatak *Vulcan Nunatak *Walker Nunatak *Wallis Nunataks *Walsh Nunatak *Wandel Land *Ward Nunataks *Watkins Range *Weather Guesser Nunataks *Weikman Nunataks *Whichaway Nunataks *Whistler Nunatak *White Nunataks *Wilds Nunatak *Willan Nunatak *Williams Nunatak *Willows Nunatak *Windscoop Nunataks *Witte Nunataks *Wold Nunatak *Wyers Nunataks *Yingling Nunatak *Young Nunataks *Zohn Nunataks

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