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Pingo (BD121)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: bd121.ttl
- Name
Pingo- Kind
- FeatureType
- Definition
- A cone or dome shaped mound or hill of peat or soil, usually with a core of ice.
- Description
- It is found in tundra regions and is produced by the pressure of water or ice accumulating underground and pushing upward.
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Geometry
- point, curve, surface
- Subtype of
- ZI028 Feature Entity
- Attributes
- ZVH Highest Elevation — multiplicity 0..1; datatype ElevationMeasureMeta
- WLE Water Level Effect — multiplicity 0..1; datatype Pingo_waterLevelEffectMeta; values: WLE_1 Partly Submerged At High Water, WLE_2 Always Dry, WLE_3 Always Submerged, WLE_4 Covers and Uncovers, WLE_5 Awash at Low Water, WLE_9 Awash at Chart Datum
- MCC Structural Material Type — multiplicity 0..*; datatype Pingo_structMatTypeMeta; values: MCC_103 Frozen Water, MCC_104 Soil, MCC_84 Rock, MCC_88 Sand
- RWOI terms naming it
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.