Glacial erratic

A glacial erratic is a glacially deposited rock differing from the type of rock native to the area in which it rests. Erratics, which take their name from the Latin word errare, are carried by glacial ice, often over distances of hundreds of kilometres.
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  • Type: Stone
  • Description: piece of rock that has been moved by a glacier, its size ranges from pebbles to large boulders
  • Also known as: “erratic”, “erratic block”, “glacial erratic”, “glacial erratics”, and “Jütlandfindling”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Muschelkalk and Künsebeck station.

Stone
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The is a sequence of sedimentary rock strata in the geology of central and western Europe. It has a Middle Triassic age and forms the middle part of the three-part Germanic Trias lying above the older Buntsandstein and below the younger Keuper. is situated 440 metres north of Glacial erratic.

Railway stop
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Künsebeck is a railway station located in Künsebeck, . The station is on the Osnabrück–Brackwede railway. The train services are operated by NordWestBahn. is situated 300 metres northeast of Glacial erratic.

Nature reserve
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is a nature reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Halle and Steinhagen.

Town
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, officially or Westfalen to distinguish it from the larger , is a town in the German state of , 15 km west of . It belongs to the in the region of Detmold. is situated 3½ km northwest of Glacial erratic.

Town
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is a municipality in the in the state of , . It is located on the south slope of the , approx. is situated 4 km southeast of Glacial erratic.

Town
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is a town in the in the state of , Germany. It is located near the , approximately 10 km north-west of . is situated 5 km northeast of Glacial erratic.

Glacial erratic

Latitude
52.03415° or 52° 2′ 3″ north
Longitude
8.38277° or 8° 22′ 58″ east
Open location code
9F4C29MM+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13963027895
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­stone
Wiki­data ID
Q372934
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Glacial erratic” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شارد جليدي”
  • Aragonese: “Tormo erratico”
  • Armenian: “սառցադաշտային գլաքար”
  • Basque: “haitz erratiko”
  • Basque: “Haitz erratiko”
  • Basque: “harkaitz erratiko”
  • Belarusian: “эратычны валун”
  • Belarusian: “эратычныя валуны”
  • Catalan: “bloc erràtic”
  • Catalan: “Bloc erràtic”
  • Chinese: “冰河迷子石”
  • Chinese: “漂砾”
  • Cornish: “Men gwandrus”
  • Croatian: “Eratički blok”
  • Croatian: “Eratički blokovi”
  • Croatian: “Lutajuće kamenje”
  • Croatian: “Lutajuće stijene”
  • Czech: “bludné balvany”
  • Czech: “bludné kameny”
  • Czech: “bludný balvan”
  • Czech: “Bludný balvan”
  • Czech: “bludný kámen”
  • Czech: “eratický balvan”
  • Czech: “glaciální eratika”
  • Danish: “erratisk blok”
  • Danish: “vandreblok”
  • Danish: “Vandreblok”
  • Dutch: “erratisch blok”
  • Dutch: “veldkei”
  • Dutch: “zwerfkei”
  • Dutch: “zwerfsteen”
  • Dutch: “Zwerfsteen”
  • Esperanto: “Eratika ŝtonego”
  • Esperanto: “Migra bloko”
  • Esperanto: “migra ŝtonego”
  • Esperanto: “Migra ŝtonego”
  • Estonian: “rändkivi”
  • Estonian: “Rändkivi”
  • Estonian: “rändkivid”
  • Finnish: “siirtolohkare”
  • Finnish: “Siirtolohkare”
  • French: “bloc erratique”
  • French: “Bloc erratique”
  • French: “blocs erratiques”
  • Georgian: “ერატიკული ლოდები”
  • Georgian: “ერატიკული ქანები”
  • German: “Erratiker”
  • German: “Erratische Blöcke”
  • German: “Erratischer Block”
  • German: “Findling”
  • German: “Irrblock”
  • Greek: “Ογκόλιθος”
  • Hebrew: “סלע תועה”
  • Hungarian: “vándorkő”
  • Hungarian: “Vándorkő”
  • Icelandic: “Grettistak jökla”
  • Icelandic: “Grettistak”
  • Irish: “bollán corr oighreach”
  • Italian: “massi erratici”
  • Italian: “masso delle streghe”
  • Italian: “masso erratico”
  • Italian: “Masso erratico”
  • Italian: “trovanti”
  • Japanese: “迷子石”
  • Kazakh: “эрратикалық қойтастар”
  • Kazakh: “Эрратикалық қойтастар”
  • Low German: “Findling”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “flyttblokk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “flytteblokk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “kampestein”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “ruggestein”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Flyttblokk”
  • Norwegian: “Flyttblokk”
  • Persian: “سرگردان یخبندانی”
  • Polish: “eratyk”
  • Polish: “eratyka”
  • Polish: “głaz narzutowy”
  • Polish: “Głaz narzutowy”
  • Polish: “głazy narzutowe”
  • Portuguese: “bloco errático”
  • Portuguese: “Bloco errático”
  • Russian: “эрратическая глыба”
  • Russian: “эрратические валуны”
  • Russian: “Эрратические валуны”
  • Russian: “эрратический валун”
  • Serbian: “Eratički blokovi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Eratički blokovi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lutajuće kamenje”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lutajuće stijene”
  • Slovak: “Blúdivý balvan”
  • Slovak: “Erratikum”
  • Slovenian: “eratična skala”
  • Slovenian: “eratični blok”
  • Slovenian: “eratska skala”
  • Slovenian: “eratski blok”
  • Slovenian: “glacialna eratska skala”
  • Slovenian: “ledeniška eratska skala”
  • Spanish: “bloque erratico”
  • Spanish: “bloque errático”
  • Spanish: “Bloque errático”
  • Spanish: “bloques erraticos”
  • Spanish: “bloques erráticos”
  • Spanish: “roca erratica”
  • Spanish: “roca errática”
  • Swedish: “erratiska block”
  • Swedish: “flyttblock”
  • Swedish: “Flyttblock”
  • Swedish: “jättekast”
  • Swiss German: “Erratiker”
  • Swiss German: “Erratischer Block”
  • Swiss German: “Findling”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Findling”
  • Turkish: “Eratik blok”
  • Turkish: “Eratik bloklar”
  • Ukrainian: “ератичний валун”
  • Ukrainian: “ератичні валуни”
  • Ukrainian: “Ератичні валуни”
  • Upper Sorbian: “błudźenk”
  • Western Frisian: “Balstien”
  • Western Frisian: “Swerfkei”

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