Salpausselkä is an extensive ridge system left by the ice age in Southern Finland. It is a large terminal moraine formation that formed in front of the Baltic ice lake during the Younger Dryas period about 12,250 - 10,400 years ago. It runs from Hanko hundreds of kilometers to the east. It traps the extensive river and lake systems of Central Fin... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salpausselkä