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pingo (iou)



pingo noun. Pl. -o(e)s. M20.
[Inupiaq pinguq nunatak.]
Physical Geography. A persistent low conical or dome-shaped mound, often with a crater on top, formed in regions with thin or discontinuous permafrost and consisting of a layer of soil over a large core of ice; a round depression in temperate regions thought to be the remains of such a mound.