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"ref": "2008, Andrea M. J. Coronato, Fernando Coronato, Elizabeth Mazzoni, Miriam Vásquez, “The Physical Geography of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego”, in J. Rabassa, editor, The Late Cenozoic of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, Elsevier, page 45",
"text": "Only a few lichens and mosses colonize the rocky walls of cirques and nunataks.",
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"ref": "2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, page 155",
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"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."
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"word": "nunatak"
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"sense": "mountaintop surrounded by glacial ice",
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"sense": "mountaintop surrounded by glacial ice",
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"word": "нуната́к"
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"sense": "mountaintop surrounded by glacial ice",
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"word": "nunatak"
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"sense": "mountaintop surrounded by glacial ice",
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