Subject: Re: Pingo results

From: Jean-Joseph Cote <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:06:18 -0500

Fran wrote:
> pingo - n. - (Geol.) a dome-shaped mound found in permafrost areas.
<http://www.civilization.ca/archeo/nogap/esk2.htm>

Whoa!  I was picturing something maybe the size of a beach ball, or at
most the size of a Volkswagen.  But *several*hundred*meters*high*?! 
Yikes!

Jean-Joseph