🧊 Moraines of the World

These are notable moraines — ridges and hills of rubble shoved and dumped by advancing and retreating glaciers, from terminal walls that once dammed proglacial lakes to the lateral banks that frame living ice, mapping where the cold once reached. Each profile shows where the moraine lies, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

22 moraines from 8 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any moraine for its full profile.

Americas (7) Antarctica (10) Europe (5)

Americas (7 moraines)

Antarctica (10 moraines)

Europe (5 moraines)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.