Barger Trekgat Tour: an Ice Age pingo
De Wolden, Drenthe, The Netherlands
Hiking route: 3864313
Provided by: route.nl
11.1 km
631 kcal
6 m
Description
You walk to the Barger Trekgat, a pingo ruin from the last Ice Age, 75,000-10,000 years ago. At that time, Scandinavian ice reached as far as the Netherlands. The constant freezing and thawing created ice hills or pingos. The term pingo comes from Inuktitut, the language of the Eskimos. Eventually the ice thawed and formed a small lake, in which organic material formed that turned into peat. Later, this peat was extracted by humans to burn as turf: this is how the round shape became visible again. The name Berghuizen does not come out of the blue: it owes its name to the undulating landscape. A little further north you will discover another pingo: the Sultansmeer.
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Directions
| # | Description | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landgoed Welgelegen (Prinsesseweg, 7958 RT, De Wolden, Drenthe, The Netherlands) | 0.00 km | ||
10 | 10 (Prinsesseweg, 7958RS, De Wolden, Drenthe, The Netherlands) | 0.61 km | |
16 | 16 (Weerwilleweg, 7958RS, De Wolden, Drenthe, The Netherlands) | 0.83 km | |
23 | 23 (Weerwille, 7961LV, De Wolden, Drenthe, The Netherlands) | 2.04 km | |
20 | 20 (7961LT, De Wolden, Drenthe, The Netherlands) | 3.31 km | |
8 | 8 (7961LT, De Wolden, Drenthe, The Netherlands) | 3.37 km |
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