page_title: Förden and East Jutland Fjorde
section_title: Geology
hierarchical_section_title: Förden and East Jutland Fjorde / Geology
caption_attribution_description: English&#160;: Europe during its last glaciation, about 20,000 to 70,000 years before present, in northern Europe called Weichselian Glaciation, in the Alpine Region Würm Glaciation. The Extent of glaciation, sea and lakes have been painted freehand according to [1] and File:Map of Alpine Glaciations.png Français&#160;: Europe durant la dernière glaciation, entre environ 20,000 et 70,000 ans avant aujourd'hui&#160;; appelé Weichsélien ou Vistulien en Europe du Nord et glaciation de Würm dans les Alpes. L'étendue de la glaciaiton (inlandis), les mers et les lacs ont été dessinés à la main selon www.diercke.de: Würm-/Weichseleiszeit (letzte Eiszeit) - Vergletscherung et File:Map of Alpine Glaciations.png
context_page_description: The eastern coast of the Jutland Peninsula, consisting of Danish Jutland and German Schleswig-Holstein features a type of narrow bay called Förde in German and fjord in Danish. These bays are of glacial origin, but the glacial mechanics were different from those of Norwegian Fjords and also from those of Swedish and Finnish Fjards.
  The words Förde, fjord and fjard are of the same origin as the English word firth, but today there are differences in the meaning between firth and fjord in general.
context_section_description: When the area of the present Baltic Sea was covered by an ice sheet during the Weichselian glaciation, about 20,000 to 70,000 years ago, the edge of the ice moved on land as tongues of glaciers; these carved out channels. When the ice retreated it created a large lake. The water level rose and the channels were filled by water. The material removed formed moraine hills near the sides and ends of the channels.
  Some of these Förden and fjorde are believed not to have been carved out by the ice directly, but to have been washed out by flows of water below the ice (tunnel valleys). Alternatively they have been interpreted as 'beheaded' river channels preserved beside a tideless sea.
caption: Europe during Weichselian- & Würm-Glaciation
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