page_title: Giant's kettle
section_title: Notable giant's kettle
hierarchical_section_title: Giant's kettle / Notable giant's kettle
caption_attribution_description: English: Giants kettle in Rovaniemi, Finland. Suomi: Hiidenkirnu Rovaniemellä.
context_page_description: A giant's kettle, also known as either a giant's cauldron, moulin pothole, or glacial pothole, is a typically large and cylindrical pothole drilled in solid rock underlying a glacier either by water descending down a deep moulin or by gravel rotating in the bed of subglacial meltwater stream.
  The interiors of potholes tend to be smooth and regular, unlike a plunge pool. An example is the large pothole found in Archbald, Pennsylvania, in Archbald Pothole State Park.
context_section_description: The GletscherGarten of Lucerne (Switzerland) is famous for its giant's kettles, having 32 in number, the largest being 8 m (26 ft) wide and 9 m (30 ft) deep. They are also common in Germany, Norway (jettegryte), Sweden (jättegryta), Finland (hiidenkirnu; hiisi's churn), and Moss Island in the United States.
caption: Giant's kettle in Rovaniemi, Finland
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