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 ** one of the largest in the world
 ** it is of granite, while there is no other granite nearby
-*** thereby, we know it was moved to that location by glaciers
+*** thereby, we can know it was moved to that location by glaciers
-[https://www.nps.gov/portals/nature/customcf/nnl/assets/images/sites/MABO-NH.jpg|Madison Boulder image (National Park Service)]
+click EXPAND for more images of glacial erratic rocks
-see https://www.nhstateparks.org/visit/state-parks/madison-boulder-natural-area
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+[[File:Schokland, zwerfsteen bij ingang museum-restaurant foto6 2013-04-28 13.02.jpg|thumb|Glacial erratics from Norway on Schokland in the Netherlands.]]
+[[File:Erratics-Cascades-PB110028.JPG|thumb|Multiple erratics on the terminal moraine of the Okanogan Lobe. Cascade mountains in the background.]]
+[[File:Doane Rock.jpeg|thumb|Doane Rock, at Cape Cod National Seashore]]
+[[File:Yeager-Rock-Erractic-PB110039.JPG|thumb|Yeager Rock, a 400-metric-ton (440-short-ton) boulder on the Waterville Plateau, Washington. Although transported by a glacier, this boulder is not a true erratic because it is of the same lithology of the underlying, till-blanketed, bedrock. Note the glacial till below the rock.]]
+[[File:Angular glacial erratic on Lambert Dome-750px.jpg|thumb|Angular glacial erratic on Lembert Dome.]]
+[[File:A079, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA, balanced rock, 2002.jpg|thumb|Bubble Rock, Acadia National Park, Maine]]
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+see
+* https://www.nhstateparks.org/visit/state-parks/madison-boulder-natural-area
+* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacial_erratic
 === Sinkholes ===