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|ca=[[:ca:'''Morrena terminal|Morrenes terminals, morrenes finals''']]
|de=Eine [[:de:Endmoräne|'''Endmoräne''']] oder '''Stirnmoräne''' ist eine wallartige Aufschüttung (Moräne) von Gesteinsmaterial am Ende eines Gletschers. Eine Endmoräne kennzeichnet die Linie des maximalen Gletschervorstoßes oder eines Gletscherstillstandes. 
|en=A [[:en:Terminal moraine|'''Terminal moraine''']], also called '''end moraine''', is a moraine that forms at the snout of a glacier, marking its maximum advance.
|fr=[[:fr:'''Moraine frontale|Moraines frontales''']]
|is=[[:is:Jökulgarður|'''Endagarður''']] er bogadreginn hryggur. Hann myndast fyrir framan skriðjökul, þvert á skriðstefnu hans.
|it=Una [[:it:'''Morena terminale|morena terminale''']], anche detta '''morena finale''', è una morena che si forma alla fine del ghiacciaio chiamata fronte (snout) e segna il massimo avanzamento del ghiacciaio.
|nl=Een [[:nl:Eindmorene|'''Eindmoränes''']] is een stuwwal (morene) die zich vormt aan het eind van een gletsjer. Ze markeren de maximale uitloop van de gletsjer.
|no=[[:no:Endemorene|'''Endemorener''']]
|nn=[[:nn:Endemorene|'''Endemorenar''']]
|pt=[[:pt:'''Morena terminal|Morenes terminales''']]
|sv=[[:sv:Ändmorän|'''Ändmoräner''']]
}}
{{See also|Lateral moraines||Moraines}}
==Diagrams of terminal moraines==
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File:Glacial Tarn Formation EN.svg
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==Inactive terminal moraines==
Some terminal moraines built up by [[ice age]] glaciers are still to be seen as landforms in formerly glaciated regions.
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File:Endmoränenbogen Chorin Pehlitzwerder.JPG|In [[Brandenburg]], Germany
File:Moraine Composite.jpg|Ice age glaciation and its remnants around the [[Great Lakes]], USA

File:Salpausselat-kartta.svg|In [[Finland]]
File:Eindmorenen nationaal park Veluwezoom.jpg|In the [[Netherlands]]
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==Active terminal moraines==
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File:Alpenkönigroute06.jpg|[[Hohe Tauern]], Austria
File:Adishi Glacier.jpg|Terminal moraine in front of a rock glacier-like [[Glacier termini|glacier terminus]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
File:Greenland-glacier hg.jpg|At a [[Outlet glaciers|outlet glacier]], Scoresby Sound, [[Greenland]]
File:Head-of-salmon-river-toe-of-salmon-glacier.jpg|Salmon Glacier, Alaska
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File:Sörkapp Land IMG 9001 Kistefjell Mathiasbreen.JPG
File:Sörkapp Land IMG 9004 Kistefjell Mathiasbreen.JPG|Sörkapp Land, [[Svalbard]]
File:Sörkapp Land IMG 9005 Kistefjell Mathiasbreen.JPG
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==Recessional moraines==
'''Recessional moraines''' are terminal moraines indicating the former position of a [[Retreat of glaciers|receding glacier]]'s [[Glacier termini|terminus]].
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File:Receding glacier-en.svg
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File:Hvannadalshnjukur.JPG|At least two lines of moraines at the receding [[Glaciers of Iceland|Skaftafellsjökull]], Iceland
File:Skeidarar.JPG|The same glacier terminus from another viewpoint
File:Skaftafell 2012-08-24 (1).JPG|Still older moraines at Skaftafellsjökull
File:Matanuska Glacier from parking lot.jpg|At [[Matanuska Glacier]], Alaska
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See also:[[Moraine]], [[Lateral moraines]]

[[Category:Terminal moraines]]
[[Category:Recessional moraines]]
[[Category:Retreat of glaciers]]
[[Category:Glacial geomorphology]]
[[Category:Depositional landforms]]