Saxony
Leipzig Lowlands-Central Hills
Leipzig

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 “Granitfindling Bautzener Straße”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leipzig Nazi Forced Labour Memorial and Leipzig-Schönefeld station.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 680 metres south of Glacial erratic.

Railway station
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is a railway station, which is situated 720 metres southeast of Glacial erratic.

Cemetery
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is situated 1 km east of Glacial erratic.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sellerhausen and Leipzig-Schönefeld.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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Schönefeld is a locality in the Northeast borough of . Concerning administrative matters Schönefeld-Ost is a separate locality of Leipzig, while the rest of Schönefeld, together with Abtnaundorf forms a locality called Schönefeld-Abtnaundorf.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km north of Glacial erratic.

Glacial erratic

Latitude
51.35752° or 51° 21′ 27″ north
Longitude
12.43146° or 12° 25′ 53″ east
Open location code
9F3J9C5J+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4725799433
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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