nunatak

Japanese: nunatak
nunatak

...Mountains that rose above the surface of the glaciers during the Ice Age have a gentler topography due to glacial erosion, but a rougher topography. These are called nunataks (from the Eskimo language). Mountains in Antarctica are covered by ice sheets on the bottom, but are still called nunataks.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "nunatak" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…氷河時代に氷河の表面より上にそびえていた山地は,山麓部が氷食を受けてなだらかな地形となっているのに,山頂部はごつごつした地形となる。これはヌナタクnunatak(エスキモー語に由来)と呼ばれる。南極の山地は下部を氷床に覆われているが,やはりヌナタクと呼ばれる。…

※「nunatak」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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