Terminal moraines

Català: Morrenes terminals, morrenes finals

Deutsch: Eine Endmoräne oder Stirnmoräne ist eine wallartige Aufschüttung (Moräne) von Gesteinsmaterial am Ende eines Gletschers. Eine Endmoräne kennzeichnet die Linie des maximalen Gletschervorstoßes oder eines Gletscherstillstandes.

English: A Terminal moraine, also called end moraine, is a moraine that forms at the snout of a glacier, marking its maximum advance.

Français : Moraines frontales

Íslenska: Endagarður er bogadreginn hryggur. Hann myndast fyrir framan skriðjökul, þvert á skriðstefnu hans.

Italiano: Una morena terminale, anche detta morena finale, è una morena che si forma alla fine del ghiacciaio chiamata fronte (snout) e segna il massimo avanzamento del ghiacciaio.

Nederlands: Een Eindmoränes is een stuwwal (morene) die zich vormt aan het eind van een gletsjer. Ze markeren de maximale uitloop van de gletsjer.

Norsk bokmål: Endemorener

Norsk nynorsk: Endemorenar

Português: Morenes terminales

Svenska: Ändmoräner

See also: Lateral moraines and Moraines.

Diagrams of terminal moraines

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Inactive terminal moraines

Some terminal moraines built up by ice age glaciers are still to be seen as landforms in formerly glaciated regions.

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  In Brandenburg, Germany
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  Ice age glaciation and its remnants around the Great Lakes, USA
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  In Finland
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  In the Netherlands

Active terminal moraines

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  Hohe Tauern, Austria
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  Terminal moraine in front of a rock glacier-like glacier terminus, Georgia
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  At a outlet glacier, Scoresby Sound, Greenland
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  Salmon Glacier, Alaska

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  Sörkapp Land, Svalbard
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Recessional moraines

Recessional moraines are terminal moraines indicating the former position of a receding glacier's terminus.

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  At least two lines of moraines at the receding Skaftafellsjökull, Iceland
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  The same glacier terminus from another viewpoint
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  Still older moraines at Skaftafellsjökull
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  At Matanuska Glacier, Alaska

See also:Moraine, Lateral moraines