Esker

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

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tigerpark Dassow and Schloss Lütgenhof.

Zoo
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is a zoo, which is situated 2½ km north of Esker.

Manor estate
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is a manor estate, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Esker.

Historic building
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is a historic building, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Esker.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lütgenhof and Dassow.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Esker.

Town
Photo: Kresspahl, Public domain.
is a town in the district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, . It is situated on a bay of the Baltic Sea, 20 km east of and 2 km south of Lübeck-. is situated 3 km northwest of Esker.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of , . is situated 4 km south of Esker.

Esker

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
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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”
  • Belarusian: “Озы”
  • Bulgarian: “Ескер”
  • Catalan: “Esker”
  • Chinese: “蛇丘”
  • Chinese: “蛇形丘”
  • Cornish: “Esker”
  • Czech: “esker”
  • Czech: “Esker”
  • Danish: “ås”
  • Danish: “Ås”
  • Danish: “bakkedrag”
  • Danish: “tunnelås”
  • Dutch: “esker”
  • Dutch: “Esker”
  • Dutch: “Smeltwaterrug”
  • Esperanto: “Harju”
  • Estonian: “oos”
  • Estonian: “Oos”
  • Estonian: “vallseljak”
  • Finnish: “harju”
  • Finnish: “Harju”
  • Finnish: “pitkittäisharju”
  • French: “esker”
  • French: “Esker”
  • French: “Ös”
  • Galician: “Esker”
  • Georgian: “ოზები”
  • German: “Esker”
  • German: “Os (Landschaft)”
  • German: “Os”
  • German: “Oser”
  • Hebrew: “אסקר”
  • Hindi: “एस्कर”
  • Hungarian: “óz”
  • Hungarian: “Óz”
  • Icelandic: “Malarás”
  • Irish: “eiscir”
  • Irish: “Eiscir”
  • Italian: “esker”
  • 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”
  • Lithuanian: “Ozas”
  • Macedonian: “ескер”
  • Macedonian: “осар”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “esker”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rullesteinsås”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Esker”
  • Norwegian: “Esker”
  • Persian: “پشته یخ‌رفتی”
  • Persian: “پشته یخرفتی”
  • Persian: “مارتپه”
  • Polish: “Oz (geomorfologia)”
  • Polish: “Oz”
  • Polish: “Ozy”
  • Portuguese: “esker”
  • Portuguese: “Esker”
  • Romanian: “Ösar”
  • Russian: “оз”
  • Russian: “озы”
  • Russian: “Озы”
  • Russian: “эзар”
  • Russian: “эзары”
  • Russian: “эскер”
  • Serbian: “Esker”
  • Slovenian: “esker”
  • Slovenian: “Esker”
  • Spanish: “Esker”
  • Swedish: “ås”
  • Swedish: “rullstensås”
  • Swedish: “Rullstensås”
  • Swedish: “rullstensåsar”
  • Turkish: “Esker”
  • Ukrainian: “Ескери, Ози”
  • Ukrainian: “Ескери”
  • Ukrainian: “ози”
  • Võro: “Säländü”
  • Welsh: “Esgair”
  • Yue Chinese: “蛇形丘”
  • “Säländü”

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Notable Places Nearby

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

Nearby Places

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