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Namibian drumlins

Coordinates: 20°33′S 14°21′E / 20.550°S 14.350°E / -20.550; 14.350
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The Namibian drumlins are a geologic feature in Namibia. Since drumlins only occur as the result of glaciers, researchers determined they are the relic of an ice age in the late Paleozoic Era.[1] The researchers measured the supposed rock drumlins with satellite imagery available on the Internet. "Megalineations" including rock drumlins were described at approximately 20°33′S 14°21′E / 20.550°S 14.350°E / -20.550; 14.350, between Twyfelfontein and Xaragu Camp.[2]

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  1. ^ Researcher unearths an ice age in the African desert, West Virginia University, February 4, 2019 – via Science Daily
  2. ^ Andrews, Graham D. (2019), "First description of subglacial megalineations from the late Paleozoic ice age in southern Africa", PLOS ONE, 14 (1): e0210673, Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1410673A, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0210673, PMC 6353137, PMID 30699176