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Nunataks in Antarctica Cântaro Magro, Serra da Estrela, Portugal, formed as a nunatak during the last ice age and now exposed [1]. 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.
Sfinksen Nunatak) is a nunatak about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Pyramiden Nunatak, at the southwest end of Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949–1952), led by John Schjelderup Giæver and named Sfinksen (the sphinx).
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.
The Carapace Nunatak is an erosional outlier of Jurassic strata, which consists of about 430 m (1,410 ft) of the Ferrar Group.The exact thickness is unknown because the strata is broken up by faults and discontinous glacial moraines conceal the underlying Jurassic strata.
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]
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.
Fletcher Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Флечър, romanized: nunatak Fletcher, IPA: ['nunɐtak 'flɛt͡ʃər]) is the hill rising to 150 m [1] at the base of the small peninsula ending in Avitohol Point on the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a partly ice-free area of 0.54 ha extending ...
Lyubimets Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Любимец, ‘Nunatak Lyubimets’ \'nu-na-tak lyu-'bi-mets\) is the partly ice-covered rocky ridge extending 3.9 km in north-northeast to south-southwest direction and 1.8 km wide, rising to 963 m [1] in Bartók Glacier on the west side of Elgar Uplands in northern Alexander Island, Antarctica.