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  2. Nunatak - Wikipedia

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    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 often form natural pyramidal peaks .

  3. List of nunataks - Wikipedia

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    Boreas Nunatak (coordinates: 71°18′S 3°57′W) is a 220-metre-high (720 ft) nunatak, nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Passat Nunatak at the mouth of Schytt Glacier in Queen Maud Land. It was discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher , and named after Boreas , one of the Dornier flying ...

  4. Nauchene Nunatak - Wikipedia

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    Nauchene Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Научене, ‘Nunatak Nauchene’ \'nu-na-tak na-'u-che-ne\) is the mostly ice-covered rocky ridge extending 1.2 km in northwest-southeast direction, 600 m wide and rising to 1163 m [1] in lower Rickmers Glacier in the west foothills of Bruce Plateau on Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.

  5. Glacial refugium - Wikipedia

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    A nunatak is a type of glacial refugium located on the snow-free, exposed peaks of mountains, which lie above the ice sheet during glaciations. [3] The identification of ‘diversity hotspots’ in areas that should have been migration regions during major glacial episodes is evidence for nunatak glacial refugia. [ 14 ]

  6. Outback Nunataks - Wikipedia

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    A somewhat isolated nunatak, situated 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west-northwest of Doescher Nunatak and 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) north-northwest of Mount Weihaupt. Named by US-ACAN after Wilfred I. Doe, United States Navy, hospital corpsman with the McMurdo Station winter party, 1967.

  7. Grossman Nunataks - Wikipedia

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    A nunatak rising to about 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) high, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) north-northeast of Schmutzler Nunatak in the southeast end of the Grossman Nunataks. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1961-68, and Landsat imagery, 1973-74.

  8. All-Blacks Nunataks - Wikipedia

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    A crag immediately south of the All-Blacks Nunataks, 10 kilometres (6 mi) northwest of Rutland Nunatak, in Antarctica.It was named in honor of Dave Geddes, who was involved in operational work for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Antarctic Division and the New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme from 1986 to 1995.

  9. Monument Nunataks - Wikipedia

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    A nunatak lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southeast of Burkett Nunatak, at the southeast end of Monument Nunataks. Named by the Northern Party of NZGSAE, 1962-63, after the R4D "Dakota" aircraft used by the United States Navy to transport the Northern Party to this area, and to resupply and return the party to Scott Base. [10]