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.

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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 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, G ...

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 *

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 * 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 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 *

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 *

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 * 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 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 *

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 *

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 *

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 * 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 b ...

* Fin Nunatak * Florence Nunatak * Foltz Nunatak *

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 *

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 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 * 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 * 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 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 * Harter Nunatak *

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 *

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 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 *

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 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 *

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 *

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 * Koehler Nunatak * 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 * Kyle Nunataks *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 * 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 *

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 * Marcoux Nunatak * Marshall Nunatak * Martin Nunataks *

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 Meyers Nunatak () is a nunatak located east-southeast of Mount Manthe, at the southeast end of the Hudson Mountains in Antarctica. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–66, and was named b ...

* 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 Mirfak Nunatak () is a nunatak near the Antarctic polar plateau, southwest of Vance Bluff. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after the , a cargo vessel in the U.S. convoy to McMurdo Sound in Operation Deep Freeze Opera ...

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 The Moltke Nunataks () are a chain of north–south trending nunataks close to the northeastern end of the Filchner Ice Shelf, Antarctica. One nunatak was first roughly mapped and named "Moltke Nunatak" by the Second German Antarctic Expedition of ...

* Moreland Nunatak * Morgan Nunataks *

Morse Nunataks The Morse Nunataks () are isolated rock nunataks standing south of Mount Achernar, between Lewis Cliff and the MacAlpine Hills in Antarctica. They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Oliver C. Morse III, a United States Ant ...

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 Noble Nunatak () is an isolated nunatak in the north part of the Horlick Mountains, lying 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Widich Nunatak along the north side of Shimizu Ice Stream. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surv ...

Nodule Nunatak Nodule Nunatak is a small but prominent isolated nunatak, 440 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Mount Tholus in the southern part of Joinville Island. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953–54. The des ...

* 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) Nunatarsuaq (old spelling: ''Nunatarssuaq'') is a nunatak ( kl, nunataq) in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Nunatarsuaq is one of several nunataks in the Upernavik Archipelago, and one of the few named nunataks in T ...

Olander Nunatak Olander Nunatak () is one of several somewhat scattered nunataks which rise above the ice of eastern Palmer Land, lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) east of Tollefson Nunatak and 27 nautical miles (50 km) north-northwest of Sky-Hi Nunataks. Map ...

* Olson Nunatak *

Omega Nunatak Omega Nunatak () is an isolated, flat-topped nunatak 21 nautical miles (39 km) south-southwest of the Whichaway Nunataks, Coats Land, Antarctica. First mapped in 1957-58 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and so named because it wa ...

Organpipe Nunatak Organpipe Nunatak is a nunatak rising to 150 m in the glacier flowing west into Holluschickie Bay, in northwest James Ross Island. Named descriptively following British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geological work on the island An island (or isl ...

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 Greenlan ...

* Outrider Nunatak *

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 Pawley Nunataks is a line of four nunataks on the east side of Mount Allan, Traverse Mountains, on the Rymill Coast, Palmer Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 after Michael R. Pawley, British Antarctic ...

Pollux Nunatak Pollux Nunatak () is one of the Seal Nunataks, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Robertson Island in Larsen Ice Shelf. The probable existence of the feature was first reported by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947 an ...

* Potter Nunataks *

Price Nunatak Price Nunatak () is a nunatak marking the north end of the Trilling Peaks, 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Mount Burnett in the Framnes Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christe ...

* Queen Louise Land * 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 Recess Nunatak () is a small but conspicuous nunatak 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Mount Perkins, in the Fosdick Mountains of the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41). Later mapped b ...

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 Reynolds Nunatak () is a nunatak at the south side of the terminus of Leverett Glacier, 12 miles north of Mount Herr. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63. Named by Advisory Commit ...

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 Lambert Glacier is a major glacier in East Antarctica. At about 50 miles (80 km) wide, over 250 miles (400 km) long, and about 2,500 m deep, it is the world's largest glacier. It drains 8% of the Antarctic ice sheet to the east and s ...

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 Shoemake Nunatak () is a nunatak immediately west of Billey Bluff at the southwest end of the Ickes Mountains, coastal Marie Byrd Land. The nunatak was photographed from aircraft of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–41, and was map ...

Singleton Nunatak Singleton Nunatak () is a nunatak located directly west of the head of Kauffman Glacier on the east side of Palmer Land. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after David G. Singleton, British Antarctic Survey The ...

* 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 Starr Nunatak () is a nunatak marking the north side of the mouth of Harbord Glacier, on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957–62. Named by Advisory ...

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 Stinear Nunataks () is a group of dark brown nunataks about 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of Anare Nunataks in Mac. Robertson Land. Visited by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) southern party (1954) led by R.G. ...

* Striated Nunatak * Suilven, formed as a Nunatak * Svarthamaren Mountain *

Swarsen Nunatak Swarsen Nunatak () is a conspicuous nunatak, largely snow-covered, located 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of Mount Jackson in Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarc ...

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 Symes Nunatak () is a nunatak near the middle of Evans Neve in Victoria Land, situated 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Mount Staley. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) is ...

* Syningen Nunatak *

Table Nunatak Table Nunatak () is a flat-topped, rectangular nunatak lying 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) east of Cape Agassiz on the east coast of Palmer Land. This is probably the feature first seen in 1940 by members of the United States Antarctic Service ( ...

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 Mount Mackellar () is a massive mountain, high, standing at the head of Mackellar Glacier, south of Pagoda Peak in the Queen Alexandra Range, Antarctica. Discovery and name Mount Mackellar was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, 19 ...

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 Trubyatchinskiy Nunatak () is a nunatak lying 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Alderdice Peak in the Nye Mountains, Enderby Land. Named by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition The Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SAE or SovAE) (russian: Советс� ...

* 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 Vesleskarvet is a nunatak on the west side of Ahlmann Ridge located in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Its western side consists of a series of cliffs, approximately 250 m high, while the eastern side slopes more gradually down to the icefields. The ...

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 Wallis Nunataks () is a four nunataks with steep rock faces on their south and east sides, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) east-northeast of Mount Storegutt in Enderby Land. Mapped from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Exped ...

* 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 Expedit ...

* 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 *

Williams Nunatak Williams Nunatak () is a small coastal nunatak just east of the Windmill Islands, standing at the south side of the terminus of Peterson Glacier where it faces on Penney Bay. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in Febr ...

* 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 Zohn Nunataks () is a set of three nunataks, the largest being Cheeks Nunatak, rising to 1,310 m in the southwest part of Grossman Nunataks, Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photograph ...

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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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