Cryoconite hole

Noun

Definitions

1.Nouna hollow or pond formed in a layer of snow or ice, commonly on the surface of a glacier or in polar regions, where a dark patch of cryoconite absorbs sunlight, generating heat so that it melts its way into the white, reflective ice.

Synonyms

needle ice snowpit shell ice cryoll snowhole tree well ground ice airhole sconce ice wedge ice needle melt pond

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