kettlehole

kettlehole
  a small depression usually found on the outwash plain of a glacial area and sometimes containing a small lake. As glaciers retreat, large blocks of ice detach and fall to the ground, embedding themselves to a certain degree. These blocks may then be covered in glacial and fluvioglacial debris which will form an even surface above. As the ice block melts, the ground above will subside.

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