Coastlines of the Ice Age - Europe

This map shows how the terrain may have appeared during the Last Glacial Maximum, around 21,000 years ago, when sea levels were approximately 125 meters (410 feet) below present. This map does not include any lakes of this time period, besides the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea which are shown here at -125m. The colouring of the map is based on height, and is not meant to represent the climate or vegetation. This map also does not account for any geological or tectonic changes in the landscape since this time period, as the map was made using a modern terrain map with a lowered sea level to simulate an approximate representation of the ice age coastlines.


- Alternate version which shows only the extended land

- Alternate version which shows in white the large ice sheets that covered much of northern Europe at the time


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