 It is north of the Weald–Artois Anticline.The evidences of the last glacial period, alternatively named "Weichsel glaciation" or "Vistulian glaciation" in Europe, suggest that the ice sheets were at their maximum size for only a short period, between 25,000 to 13,000 BP.During the glacial maximum in Scandinavia, only the western parts of Jutland were ice-free, and a large part of what is today the North Sea was dry land connecting Jutland with Britain.