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Continue the tour-de-kames at Pike Lake, where an observation tower offers terrific views of the lake and the surrounding forest from the top of 1,350-foot Powder Hill (also a kame).
—Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2021
Perched atop a 1,330-foot kame is the Holy Hill Basilica and National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians, which includes a 192-foot scenic tower that is open to the public.
—Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2021
The topography includes sandy knolls formed by melting Ice Age glaciers known as kames.
—Kristan Schiller, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2019
Parnell Tower, Plymouth: This 60-foot tower rises above the Kettle Moraine State Forest’s northern unit, with views of the area’s glacial landscape including a collection of kames to the west.
—Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2019
The sinewy hill and its glacial cousins — moraines, kettles and kames — make for a challenging winter hike, especially in deep snow.
—Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2018
Debris dragged along the landscape deposited in rounded hills, or kames, along with steep ridges known as eskers and moraines; and deep holes were scooped from the earth to form kettles.
—Chelsey Lewis, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2017
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Word History
Etymology
Scots, kame, comb, from Middle English (northern) camb comb, from Old English
First Known Use
1795, in the meaning defined above
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“Kame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kame. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
kame
noun
: a short ridge or mound of material deposited by water from a melting glacier
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