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kettle hole

kettle hole

A depression formed when a buried or partly buried block of glacial ice melts, sometimes becoming a pond.

glacial kettle hole (dødisgrop)

All languages

English
kettle hole
Norwegian
dødisgrop
Japanese
ケトルホール — けとるほーる — ketoruhōru
Korean
빙하 함몰지 — bingha hammolji
Spanish
cubeta glaciar
French
cuvette de fonte glaciaire
German
Toteisloch

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