Pingo (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural pin·gos.Geology.
  1. a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
  2. a hill of similar origin remaining after the melting of permafrost.
noun plural -gos
  1. a mound of earth or gravel formed through pressure from a layer of water trapped between newly frozen ice and underlying permafrost in Arctic regions
Plural pingos pingoes
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