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# The Giant Ice Sheet That Shaped Seattle
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/nick-rocks/episode/the-giant-ice-sheet-that-shaped-seattle-bk3v6h/
- Published: 2025-01-07T21:31:03.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-12T19:29:48.000Z
- Description: Seattle’s geography resulted from an ice sheet that scoured the landscape 16,000 years ago.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Nick on the Rocks, Season 6, Episode 6, #ZZZ_Episode_450a8d4f-291a-4a42-a77e-18078d670d2d, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_fb43f9d5-44f4-411a-854a-568025965642, #v1.16

From the hills and ridges that all run north to south to the huge freshwater lakes that define the region, the geography of Seattle is a direct result of a huge ice sheet that scoured the landscape just 16,000 years ago.