Examples of Eskers
In Sweden Uppsalaåsen stretches for 250 km (160 mi) and passes through Uppsala city.
Great Esker Park runs along the Back River in Weymouth, Massachusetts and is home to the highest esker in North America (90 ft).
Pispala in Tampere, Finland is on an esker between two lakes carved by glaciers.
The village of Kemnay in Aberdeenshire, Scotland has an excellent 5 km esker locally called the Kemb Hills.
The Mason Esker, about 22 miles long, is one of the longest eskers in the USA. It is in Mason, Michigan. It stretches from DeWitt through Lansing and Holt, ending in Mason. Esker systems in the U.S. state of Maine can be traced for up to 100 miles.
The Thelon Esker runs for 800 kilometers and straddles the border between Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada.
Ovayok or Mount Pelly in Ovayok Territorial Park, Kitikmeot, Nunavut in Canada.
Roads are sometimes built along eskers to save expense. Examples include the Denali Highway in Alaska, the Trans-Taiga Road in Quebec, and the "Airline" segment of Maine State Route 9 between Bangor and Calais. There are numerous long eskers in the Adirondack State Park in upstate New York.
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