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Viral posts present them as a lost civilization’s handiwork; geologists call them nunataks, mountain summits standing above the ice, and, in some cases, glacial horns whose sharp faces were sculpted by erosion.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
Video shows Antarctic base located on 'nunatak' The building shown in the video is South Africa's SANAE IV research station, which can be seen on Google Earth.
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Kate S. Petersen,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
Now, White Desert welcomes fewer than 300 guests per eternal-daylight season at two luxury camps made up of convivial bubble huts in Queen Maud Land, surrounded by majestic nunataks, or rocky outcrops.
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Annabel Illingworth,
TIME,
25 July 2024
These interruptions in the near-flawless horizon were nunataks — the ridges of mountains that emerged from an ice field or glacier in Antarctica.
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Ali Wunderman,
Travel + Leisure,
5 May 2023
There are several nunataks at Graves, all peaks of the same mountain.
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Barry Lopez,
Harper's magazine,
10 Jan. 2019
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
Video shows Antarctic base located on 'nunatak' The building shown in the video is South Africa's SANAE IV research station, which can be seen on Google Earth.
—
Kate S. Petersen,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
Now, White Desert welcomes fewer than 300 guests per eternal-daylight season at two luxury camps made up of convivial bubble huts in Queen Maud Land, surrounded by majestic nunataks, or rocky outcrops.
—
Annabel Illingworth,
TIME,
25 July 2024
These interruptions in the near-flawless horizon were nunataks — the ridges of mountains that emerged from an ice field or glacier in Antarctica.
—
Ali Wunderman,
Travel + Leisure,
5 May 2023
There are several nunataks at Graves, all peaks of the same mountain.
—
Barry Lopez,
Harper's magazine,
10 Jan. 2019
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“Nunatak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nunatak. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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