💠 Nunataks of the World

These are notable nunataks — isolated rock peaks that poke above rivers of ice like islands in a frozen sea, named from the French montagne nunatak and used by polar explorers as landmarks, campsites and meteorological oases in the white silence of Antarctica and the great ice fields. Each profile shows where the peak rises, which country or territory it belongs to, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

932 nunataks from 4 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any nunatak for its full profile.

Americas (27) Antarctica (904) Europe (1)

Americas (27 nunataks)

Antarctica (904 nunataks)

Europe (1 nunataks)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.