Fennoscandian Ice Sheet

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The Fennoscandian Ice Sheet was a massive Pleistocene ice sheet that repeatedly covered much of northern Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and parts of northern Germany and western Russia.

All labels observed (8)

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pleistocene ice sheet ⓘ
continental ice sheet ⓘ
glacial ice sheet ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fennoscandian Ice Sheet Complex ⓘ
Scandinavian Ice Sheet ⓘ
causedProcess glacial isostatic adjustment ⓘ
postglacial rebound ⓘ
coveredRegion Baltic states ⓘ
Barents Sea shelf ⓘ
linked to: Barents Sea

Denmark ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
Karelia ⓘ
Kola Peninsula ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
White Sea region ⓘ
linked to: White Sea coast

northern Germany ⓘ
linked to: Northern Germany

northwestern Russia ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Russia
deglaciation Late Pleistocene ⓘ
finalRetreatAge roughly 10,000 years ago ⓘ
formedDuring multiple glacial cycles of the Quaternary ⓘ
geologicTime Pleistocene epoch ⓘ
Quaternary period ⓘ
influencedFeature Baltic Sea basin ⓘ
Baltic Shield topography ⓘ
Scandinavian mountain landscapes ⓘ
influencedHydrology formation of proglacial lakes ⓘ
rerouting of major rivers in northern Europe ⓘ
lastMaximum Last Glacial Maximum ⓘ
lastMaximumAge around 21,000 years ago ⓘ
leftLandform U-shaped valleys ⓘ
drumlins ⓘ
eskers ⓘ
fjords ⓘ
kettle lakes ⓘ
moraines ⓘ
outwash plains ⓘ
roches moutonnées ⓘ
majorGlaciation Elsterian glaciation ⓘ
linked to: Saalian glaciation

Saalian glaciation ⓘ
Weichselian glaciation ⓘ
linked to: Würm glaciation
maximumExtent extended to the British Isles shelf in some glacial stages ⓘ
reached northern Netherlands in some glacial stages ⓘ
maximumThickness over 3 kilometers in central Scandinavia ⓘ
relatedTo British–Irish Ice Sheet ⓘ
Laurentide Ice Sheet ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Quaternary geology ⓘ
glaciology ⓘ
paleoclimatology ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baltic Ice Lake → boundedBy → Fennoscandian Ice Sheet ⓘ
Yoldia Sea → formedAfter → Weichselian glaciation ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
Pleistocene epoch → notableGlaciation → Fennoscandian Ice Sheet in northern Europe ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
Fennoscandian Ice Sheet → alsoKnownAs → Fennoscandian Ice Sheet Complex ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
Fennoscandian Ice Sheet → alsoKnownAs → Scandinavian Ice Sheet ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
Last Glacial Maximum → hasMajorIceSheet → Fennoscandian Ice Sheet ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere ice sheets → included → Fennoscandian Ice Sheet ⓘ
Styggebreen → partOf → Scandinavian Mountains glaciation ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
Saalian glaciation → relatedTo → Eurasian ice sheet ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
Last Glacial Period → majorIceSheet → Fennoscandian Ice Sheet ⓘ
Barents–Kara Ice Sheet → partOf → Eurasian Ice Sheet Complex ⓘ
linked to: Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
Barents–Kara Ice Sheet → relatedTo → Fennoscandian Ice Sheet ⓘ