These are bits of rock (often large boulders) dragged along by glaciers as they move across an area. As the glaciers melt they can be left many miles from where they were picked up. They can often be left perched on top of other formations, which makes them distinctive features on the skyline.
A large boulder carried by glacial ice to an area far removed from its point of origin.
A large rock boulder that has been transported by glaciers away from its origin and deposited in a region of dissimilar rock.
A rock fragment of any size carried by glacial ice, or by floating ice, deposited at some distance from the outcrop of origin.
A rock fragment carried by glacial ice, or by floating ice, and subsequently deposited at some distance from the outcrop of which it was derived.
Rock fragment (especially boulder-sized) carried by a glacier away from the outcrop from which it was derived, often into an area underlain by a rock type different from that of the rock fragment.
a big rock left by glaciers.
boulder transported by a glacier and deposited some distance from its source
Rock transported by a glacier and deposited on the Earth's surface a distance from its origin. Often, the rock type is different from the rock on which it overlies.
A boulder or cobble that was picked up by a glacier and deposited hundreds of kilometers away from the outcrop from which it detached.
Erratic - A rock fragment carried by glacial ice, deposited at some distance from the rock outcrop from which it was derived, and generally but not necessarily resting on bedrock or sediment of different composition.
A boulder that has been carried from its source by a glacier and deposited as the glacier melted. Thus, the boulder is often of a different rock type from surrounding types.
a boulder moved from a distant source region by glaciers and deposited upon glacial retreat.
a boulder transported and deposited by a glacier having a composition different than the bedrock upon which it is sitting
a rock that was transported by glacial ice to its present
A large rock that is not of local origin and has been moved to its location by glacial ice.
A glacier borne boulder, often quite large, deposited far from its place of origin.
Large rock or boulder carried by water or glaciers and left behind.
A large boulder dropped by a glacier in the middle of somewhere, normally where you wouldn’t expect it to be.
a large rock deposited by a glacier.
n. A large, isolated boulder left behind by a glacier.
A large boulder that a glacier deposits on a surface made of different rock.
any kind of rock material that has been transported by ice or water a great distance from its origin and now rests on bedrock of different character, also called exotics.
A rock fragment carried by floating ice, deposited at some distance from the outcrop from which it was derived and generally composed of a different type of rock than the local bedrock*.
a stone transported by iced from a distant source.
transported from its original site, as by glacial action. [AHDOS