Distribution of pingos from topographic maps, permafrost region, Siberia (RU) ...

• Main Authors: Grosse, Guido, Jones, Benjamin M
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2019
• Subjects: Frost Mounds; Permafrost; Pingo; Multiple investigations; permafrost; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.906222; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.906222

A detailed attributed point feature shapefile of 6059 pingo locations in a 3.5 × 10⁶ km² region of northern Asia was manually assembled from 1:200 000 scale Russian topographic maps. These medium-scale maps are based on detailed mapping efforts at 1:50 000 and 1:100 000 scales, which in turn are derived from aerial photography acquired in the 1970-1980s (Soviet Military Topographic Survey or Voenno-Topograficheskoe Upravle-nie General'nogo Shtaba, VTU GSh). A first order analysis of pingo distribution was carried out with respect to permafrost, landscape characteristics, surface geology, hydrology, climate, and elevation datasets using a Geographic Information System. The study area comprises the North Asian lowland regions of North, Northeast, Far East and Central Siberia and adjacent mountain ranges from 60.0° N to 76.3° N latitude and 60.0° E to 180.0° W longitude. The geographic re-gions covered in this study are the northern part of the West Siberian Lowlands including the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas, ... : Supplement to: Grosse, Guido; Jones, Benjamin M (2011): Spatial distribution of pingos in northern Asia. The Cryosphere, 5(1), 13-33 ...