Esker

An esker, eskar, eschar, or os is a long, winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel, examples of which occur in and formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North America.
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  • Description: long, winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel
  • Also known as
    “asar”
    “eschar”
    “eskar”
    “os”
    “osar”
    “Prieschendorfer Os”
    “serpent kame”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tigerpark Dassow and Schloss Lütgenhof.
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Zoo
is a zoo, which is situated 2½ km north of Esker.
Kresspahl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Manor estate
is a manor estate, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Esker.
Chpagenkopf, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Historic building
is a historic building, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Esker.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lütgenhof and Dassow.
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Suburb
is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Esker.
Kresspahl, Public domain.
Town
is a town in the district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, . is situated 3 km northwest of Esker.
Niteshift, CC BY 3.0.
Village
is a municipality in the district of , . is situated 4 km south of Esker.

Esker

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Latitude
53.88365° or 53° 53′ 1″ north
Longitude
10.99911° or 10° 59′ 57″ east
Open location code
9F5GVXMX+FJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4439636557
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­information
Wiki­data ID
Q332784

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Esker” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أصار”
  • Arabic: “إسكير”
  • Armenian: “Օզեր”
  • Asturian: “Esker”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ozlar”
  • Basque: “Esker”
  • Belarusian: “оз”
  • Belarusian: “Озы”
  • Bulgarian: “Ескер”
  • Catalan: “Esker”
  • Chinese: “蛇丘”
  • Chinese: “蛇形丘”
  • Cornish: “Esker”
  • Czech: “Esker”
  • Danish: “Ås”
  • Danish: “bakkedrag”
  • Danish: “tunnelås”
  • Dutch: “Esker”
  • Dutch: “Smeltwaterrug”
  • Esperanto: “Harju”
  • Estonian: “Oos”
  • Estonian: “vallseljak”
  • Finnish: “Harju”
  • Finnish: “pitkittäisharju”
  • French: “Esker”
  • French: “Ös”
  • Galician: “Esker”
  • Georgian: “ოზები”
  • German: “Esker”
  • German: “Os (Landschaft)”
  • German: “Os”
  • German: “Oser”
  • Hebrew: “אסקר”
  • Hindi: “एस्कर”
  • Hungarian: “Óz”
  • Icelandic: “Malarás”
  • Irish: “Eiscir”
  • Italian: “Esker”
  • Japanese: “エスカー”
  • Kazakh: “Éskerler”
  • Kazakh: “Эскерлер”
  • Kazakh: “ەسكەرلەر”
  • Korean: “에스카”
  • Korean: “에스커”
  • Latin: “Crista glacialis”
  • Latin: “Dorsum montis”
  • Latvian: “Oss”
  • Lithuanian: “Ozas”
  • Macedonian: “ескер”
  • Macedonian: “осар”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “esker”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rullesteinsås”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Esker”
  • Norwegian: “Esker”
  • Persian: “پشته یخ‌رفتی”
  • Persian: “مارتپه”
  • Polish: “Oz (geomorfologia)”
  • Polish: “Oz”
  • Polish: “Ozy”
  • Portuguese: “Esker”
  • Romanian: “Ösar”
  • Russian: “оз”
  • Russian: “Озы”
  • Russian: “эзар”
  • Russian: “эзары”
  • Russian: “эскер”
  • Serbian: “Esker”
  • Slovenian: “Esker”
  • Spanish: “Esker”
  • Swedish: “ås”
  • Swedish: “Rullstensås”
  • Swedish: “rullstensåsar”
  • Turkish: “Esker”
  • Ukrainian: “Ескери, Ози”
  • Ukrainian: “Ескери”
  • Ukrainian: “ози”
  • Võro: “Säländü”
  • Welsh: “Esgair”
  • Yue Chinese: “蛇形丘”

Places with the Same Name

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Stepenitz- und Maurine-Niederung and Gut Rodenberg.

Nearby Places

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Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Highlights

Learn more about Schwerin and Rostock.
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