Pingos and Ice-wedge polygons
Pingos and ice-wedge polygons are large scale landforms found in periglacial regions and are responsible for some of the most striking features in periglacial environments today. Pingos From the Inuit word ‘hill’, pingos are dome-shaped hills found in periglacial environments. Pingos can be up to 500m in diameter and 50m high (see Figure 1 for …