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Illinoian Glacier Boundary

Illinoian Glacier Boundary

Location: NE corner of SR 135 & Lick Skillet Road, 8 miles north of Salem. (Washington County, Indiana)

Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau.

ID# : 88.1995.1

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Nearby is the boundary of the Illinoian Glacier, which covered all but approximately 6, 250 square miles in south, central area of Indiana. Most of Indiana's topography was affected by four separate glacial advancements during Pleistocene epoch, circa one million years ago.

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