English Dictionary

nunatak

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈnʌn.ə.tæk/

名詞

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.

日本語の意味

氷河に囲まれているが、氷に覆われていない山頂や尾根の岩石部分

The research team set up instruments on the nunatak to monitor climate change in the surrounding glacier.

研究チームは周囲の氷河の気候変動を監視するため、氷河の氷に囲まれているが氷で覆われていない山頂に観測機器を設置した。

意味（1）

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.

We made for a slope close to the end of the island or nunatak, where Shackleton must have got up also; it is obviously the only place when you look at it from a commanding rise.

nunataks （ plural ）

nunataker （ plural ）