Oct 4, 2020

Norway since ice age

Scandinavian peninsula in winter, captured by Terra MODIS, NASA, 2003

The Scandinavian landscapes are largely shaped by the glaciers. These thick and extremely heavy glaciers were formed during the ice age. Since the ice retreated, these glaciers carved their way through the mountains of Norway and northern Sweden. They also created troughs into the coastlines of Norway and the sea water rushed into these deep troughs, creating the fjords. The deepest of these fjords is the Sognefjord with the maximum depth reaching 1300 meters.

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