pingo
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Definition of pingo
: a low hill or mound forced up by hydrostatic pressure in an area underlain by permafrost
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Yoshikawa admires Leffingwell's interpretations of frozen ground features like pingos, enhanced by his year-round residency at a spot where the sun doesn't shine for months. — Alaska Dispatch News, "‘The last classic polar explorer’: Spotlighting the life of a pioneering scientist in northeast Alaska," 28 Oct. 2017 Sometimes called hydrolaccoliths, pingos typically form in arctic regions, like Siberia and northern Canada. — Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, "That Word You Heard: Pingo," 7 Aug. 2017 If a pingo collapsed tomorrow, though, there's no guarantee humanity would notice. — Stephanie Pappas Live Science Contributor, Fox News, "Huge Underwater Eruptions Blasted Craters into Arctic Seafloor," 5 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pingo.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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