Newfoundland and Labrador
South Coast

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Crag-and-tail hill, north of Burgeo.

A peculiar kind of accumulation of glacial debris has taken place around bedrock prominences inland of the southwest coast. Here, the Newfoundland glacier which moved southward to the Atlantic ocean has left a deposit of till in the form of an elongate mass (or tail) on the south or lee side of a bedrock knob (or crag), just like a drift of snow or sand in the lee of an obstacle. The intervening ground is generally rocky so, in places, the highway has been located along these till masses.

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Physiographic Region: Appalachian (Uplands)
Photographer: Unknown
GSC Photo Number: 2002-145
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