A terminal moraine, also called an end moraine, is a type of moraine that forms at the terminal of a glacier, marking its maximum advance. At this point, debris that has accumulated by plucking and ab
Terminal moraine of Wordie Glacier, Greenland
Terminal moraine of Penny Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
Davidson Glacier, Alaska. There is a glacier-fed lake in addition to the formation of a small channel heading in the southeast direction.
"The Mothership", a 3-mile-wide (4.8 km) terminal lobe of a glacier flowing down from the interior ice cap on top of the Byam Martin Mountains, Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada. Note the terminal moraine "bulldozed" at the ice front.
Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. Its historic, maritime character and ample beaches attract h
Terminal moraine
…by trolls. In North America, the Outer Lands is a name given to the terminal moraine archipelago of the northeastern region of the United States (Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Block Island and Long Island). According to geologist George Frederick Wright some of the most prominent examples of…
The outer beach of Cape Cod National Seashore near Wellfleet
The Cape and Islands: Cape Cod (center to top-center), Martha's Vineyard (bottom left), and Nantucket (bottom right)
The dunes on Sandy Neck are part of the barrier beach that helps prevent coastal erosion.
Old Harbor Life Saving Station, in the Cape Cod National Seashore