Moraines of Europe

thumb|330px|Salpausselkä ridge system thumb|330px|Animation about the formation of Salpauselkä Salpausselkä (; "Bar Ridge") is an extensive ridge system left by the ice age in Southern Finland. It is a large terminal moraine formation that formed in front of the Baltic ice lake during the Younger Dryas period about 12,250–10,400 years ago. All together the formation is close to from end to end, and the ridges can be as tall as in some places.

mountain range

Jomfruland is an island in Kragerø Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The small elongated island is located off the coast of mainland Kragerø, about south of the island of Stråholmen. It measures about in size. Jomfruland provides shelter to the many islands of the Kragerø archipelago from the Skagerrak seas. In 2023, there were about 75 permanent residents living on the island, along with many holiday homes on the island.

thumb|upright=1.5|The moraine running along the edge of the Skagerrak in [[Raet National Park in Norway]] Raet is the largest terminal moraine in Scandinavia. It was formed during the end of the last glacial period, 12,800–11,500 years ago, in one of the latest advances of the glaciers. The moraine system extends from Finland, where it is known as Salpausselkä, through Sweden into Østfold in southeast Norway, across the Oslofjord and around the tip of southern Norway, where Raet National Park is located in Agder, then north to northern Norway and the Kola Peninsula in northwest Russia. In seve

area on Tromøy Island, Norway