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Drumlins occur in various shapes and sizes, [6] including symmetrical (about the long axis), spindle, parabolic forms, and transverse asymmetrical forms. Generally, they are elongated, oval-shaped hills, with a long axis parallel to the orientation of ice flow and with an up-ice (stoss) face that is generally steeper than the down-ice (lee) face.
A drumlin is an elongated hill shaped like a half-buried egg, where the shallower end of the hill also narrows in width. A collection of drumlins in one area is referred to as a field or swarm and creates a landscape sometimes called a “basket of eggs topography”. [ 7 ]
Drumlin – Elongated hill formed by glacial action and drumlin field – Elongated hill formed by glacial action; Esker – Long, winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel associated with former glaciers; Fjord – Long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by glacial activity
Drowned drumlin in Clew Bay, Ireland Till-unsorted (Glacial flour to boulders) deposited by receding/advancing glaciers, forming moraines, and drumlins. Moraines (Terminal) material deposited at the end; (ground) material deposited as glacier melts; (lateral) material deposited along the sides. Drumlins Smooth elongated hills composed of till.
Corleck Hill's Irish names include Sliabh na Trí nDée (the "Hill of the Three Gods") and Sliabh na nDée Dána.The three Irish mythological gods referenced in the Irish name are today thought to be Conn, [a] the Dagda and Ogma, but were earlier believed to be in reference to the three Sons of Tuireann: Brian, Iuchar and Iucharba.
Drumlin – an elongated whale-shaped hill formed by glacial action. Butte – an isolated hill with steep sides and a small flat top, formed by weathering. Kuppe – a rounded hill or low mountain, typical of Central Europe. Tor – a rock formation found on a hilltop; also used to refer to the hill, especially in South West England and the ...
During the last ice age the Patagonian Ice Sheet created the elongated and forested drumlins seen south of Puerto Williams, Chile.. The Patagonian Ice Sheet was a large elongated and narrow ice sheet centered in the southern Andes that existed during the Llanquihue glaciation.
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