Glacial erratic

Deutsch: Ein Findling ist ein heute meist einzeln liegender sehr großer Stein, der etwa während der Eiszeiten durch Gletscher transportiert und an seinem heutigen Standort abgelegt wurde. Auch heutige Gletscher transportieren solche Findlinge und lassen sie, wenn sie sich zurückziehen, zurück. Findlinge sind die häufigste Form der erratischen Blöcke (Erratika).

Eesti: Rändrahn

English: Erratics take their name from the Latin word errare (to stray), and are carried by glacial ice, often over distances of hundreds of kilometres. Erratics can range in size from pebbles to large boulders such as Big Rock (15,000 tonnes or 17,000 short tons) in Alberta.

Español: Bloque errático

Íslenska: Grettistak

Italiano: Masso erratico

Nederlands: Zwerfsteen

Suomi: Siirtolohkare

Svenska: Flyttblock

Photographs[edit]

Northern Estonia
Estonia
Dolerite erratic on the Central Plateau of Tasmania, Australia
Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Yeager Rock, Waterville Plateau, Washington, USA
Alter Schwede, Hamburg, Germany
Boettcherberg, in Berlin, Germany near Jagdschloss Glienicke
Berlin, Germany near Glienecke Palace
Angular glacial erratic on Lambert Dome, Yosemite National Park, California
Glacial erratic in Sweden
In Val Masino, Italy
On Monte Cimino, Italy, near Orvieto.
One of the Norber erratics in North Yorkshire, England.
Mszczonów Stone, Poland
Mszczonów Stone, Poland
"Tree of the year" 2001 in Germany: Fraxinus excelsior
Kamień Królewski by Chrzaszczewska Island, Poland
Glacial erratics on Saaremaa, Estonia.
Glacial erratics on Lahemaa, Estonia.
Glacial erratics on Aruküla, Estonia
Glacial erratics on Jõelähtme, Estonia
Glacial erratics on Kasispea, Estonia
Glacial erratics on Kupu, Estonia
Glacial erratics on Letipea, Estonia
Glacial erratics on Pakri poolsaar, Estonia
Glacial erratics on Kallukse, Estonia
Glacial erratics on Varbla, Estonia
Glacial debris from the Okanangon Lobe of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, Waterville Plateau, Washington, USA.
Glacial erratics on Variku village in Estonia with growing pinus sylvestris tree on top
Glacial erratic in Krahne, Kloster Lehnin)
Split Rock, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, New York City, USA
Balanced Rock, North Salem, New York, USA
On Bald Peak, Adirondack Mountains, New York, USA
Tripod Rock in Kinnelon, New Jersey, USA