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.

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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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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