| Evolution of the Baltic Sea |
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| Pleistocene |
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Eemian Sea (130,000–115,000 BC) Ice sheets and seas (115,000–12,600 BC) |
| Holocene |
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Baltic Ice Lake (12,600–10,300 BC) Yoldia Sea (10,300–9,500 BC) Ancylus Lake (9,500–8,000 BC) Mastogloia Sea (8,000–7,500 BC) Littorina Sea (7,500–4,000 BC) Modern Baltic Sea (4,000 BC–present) |
Ancylus Lake is a name given by geologists to a large freshwater lake that existed in northern Europe approximately from 9500 to 8000 years BC being in effect one of various predecessors to the modern Baltic Sea.