page_title: Pingo
hierarchical_section_title: Pingo
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Blick von der Spitze eines aufgebrockenen Pingos mit mächtigen Torflagen, die das darunter liegende Eis vor dem Ausschmelzen schützen. Im Mittelgrund: ein weiterer Pingo in einem teilweise entleerten See (Ursache für den Pingo). Im Hintergrund der Arktische Ozean. Ort: Tuktoyaktuk. Aufnahme: Lorenz King, 20. Juli 1975 English: View from top of a pingo with thick peat layers towards another pingo within a partly drained lake. In the background: the Arctic Ocean (near Tuktoyaktuk). Photo: Lorenz King, July 20, 1975
context_page_description: Pingos are intrapermafrost ice-cored hills, ranging in height from 3 to 70 m and 30 to 1,000 m in diameter. They are typically conical in shape and grow and persist only in permafrost environments, such as the Arctic and subarctic. A pingo is a periglacial landform, which is defined as a non-glacial landform or process linked to colder climates. It is estimated that there are more than 11,000 pingos on Earth. The Tuktoyaktuk peninsula area has the greatest concentration of pingos in the world with a total of 1,350 pingos. There are currently remarkably limited data on pingos.
context_section_description: Pingos are intrapermafrost ice-cored hills, ranging in height from 3 to 70 m (10 to 230 ft) and 30 to 1,000 m (98 to 3,281 ft) in diameter. They are typically conical in shape and grow and persist only in permafrost environments, such as the Arctic and subarctic.  A pingo is a periglacial landform, which is defined as a non-glacial landform or process linked to colder climates. It is estimated that there are more than 11,000 pingos on Earth. The Tuktoyaktuk peninsula area has the greatest concentration of pingos in the world with a total of 1,350 pingos. There are currently remarkably limited data on pingos.
caption: View from top of a pingo towards another, within a partly drained lake, the Arctic Ocean in the background (near Tuktoyaktuk). July 20, 1975
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