<p>Can someone help me identify <a href="https://www.google.es/maps/@69.2125436,154.2942761,53057m/data=!3m1!1e3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this peculiar geographical feature I've noticed in satellite imagery</a>?</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/QC1Cq.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/QC1Cq.png" alt="Satellite image of northern Russia" /></a></p>
<p>This particular screenshot is from satellite imagery of northern Russia, however this kind of geography appears extremely common in the northernmost latitudes of both Russia, Canada, and the United States.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.es/maps/@70.4076467,-153.5539541,50130m/data=!3m1!1e3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The below image is from Alaska</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/I8Mk1.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/I8Mk1.png" alt="Satellite image of northern Alaska" /></a>.</p>
<p>I've always wondered how this landscape would be described. Is this marshland, or swamps, or something else in particular?
Thank you!</p>

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2021-04-23T10:52:12.140Z
@Universal_learner Here are some coordinates you can type into Google Maps: 70.25917998274016, -153.35379817667732. This is roughly where the Alaska screenshot above was captured.
ajxs
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2021-04-23T13:13:21.163Z
[Tundra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra).
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What is this geographical feature? (as seen in maps)
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# What is this geographical feature? (as seen in maps)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-23)

Can someone help me identify [this peculiar geographical feature I've noticed in satellite imagery](https://www.google.es/maps/@69.2125436,154.2942761,53057m/data=!3m1!1e3)?

[![Satellite image of northern Russia](https://i.sstatic.net/QC1Cq.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/QC1Cq.png)

This particular screenshot is from satellite imagery of northern Russia, however this kind of geography appears extremely common in the northernmost latitudes of both Russia, Canada, and the United States.

[The below image is from Alaska](https://www.google.es/maps/@70.4076467,-153.5539541,50130m/data=!3m1!1e3).

[![Satellite image of northern Alaska](https://i.sstatic.net/I8Mk1.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/I8Mk1.png).

I've always wondered how this landscape would be described. Is this marshland, or swamps, or something else in particular?
Thank you!

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> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: @Universal_learner Here are some coordinates you can type into Google Maps: 70.25917998274016, -153.35379817667732. This is roughly where the Alaska screenshot above was captured.  
> **username_1**: [Tundra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra).  

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