Keyword: pingo

"An Eskimo term for a conical, commonly more or less asymmetrical mound or hill, with a circular or oval base and commonly fissured summit, occurring in the continuous and discontinuous permafrost zones, which has a core of massive ground ice covered with soil and vegetation, and which exists for at least two winters (Brown and Kupsch, 1974)."

0108 - Aerial view of low, pingo, or palsa-like features

0243 - Ground view of palsa-like features

0244 - Low-altitude photo of palsa-like features

Updated 09/01/2009 CAB