nunatak

7 letters · noun · scores 1,800 in SpellHuntr

noun

A mountain top or rocky element of a ridge that is surrounded by glacial ice but is not covered by ice; a peak protruding from the surface ice sheet.

Nunatak in a sentence

Only a few lichens and mosses colonize the rocky walls of cirques and nunataks.

The peak in whose lee you have chosen to set up your command post is far too regular in shape to be the nunatak you imagine it.

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