Harbor Hill Moraine

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Harbor Hill Moraine is a prominent terminal moraine on Long Island, New York, formed by the advance and retreat of the Wisconsinan glaciation and shaping much of the island’s northern topography.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Harbor Hill Moraine canonical 1
Huntington Moraine 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacial landform ⓘ
terminal moraine ⓘ
associatedWith Laurentide Ice Sheet ⓘ
composedOf boulders ⓘ
gravel ⓘ
sand ⓘ
till ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
extendsAcross north shore of Long Island ⓘ
formationProcess advance of continental ice sheet ⓘ
retreat of continental ice sheet ⓘ
formedDuring Wisconsinan glaciation ⓘ
forms prominent ridge on northern Long Island ⓘ
geologicAge Late Pleistocene ⓘ
linked to: Last Glacial Period
hasGeologicSignificance records maximum extent of Wisconsinan ice on northern Long Island ⓘ
hasTopographicExpression series of hills and ridges ⓘ
steep north-facing slopes in some sectors ⓘ
influences northern Long Island coastal configuration ⓘ
northern Long Island drainage patterns ⓘ
locatedIn Long Island ⓘ
New York ⓘ
United States ⓘ
namedAfter Harbor Hill ⓘ
overlies older sediments of Long Island ⓘ
parallelTo Ronkonkoma Moraine ⓘ
partOf Long Island topography ⓘ
glacial geology of Long Island ⓘ
region Northeastern United States ⓘ
relatedTo glacial outwash plains of Long Island ⓘ
shapes northern topography of Long Island ⓘ
studiedIn Quaternary geology ⓘ
typeOf end moraine ⓘ
usedIn reconstruction of Pleistocene ice margins on Long Island ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Jaynes Hill → range → Harbor Hill Moraine ⓘ
High Hill → locatedInRange → Huntington Moraine ⓘ
linked to: Harbor Hill Moraine