Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data have been examined with a view to assessing their suitability for identifying and mapping the systematic patterns left on the landscape by the glaciation of continental areas. The study was carried out with data from a region of southern Finland. Following a print-based study, digital data were obtained and it was found that band 2 is particularly useful for the recognition of lineation patterns, band 3 for identifying major morainic features and principal component 2 for discriminating radial lineation patterns. The major glacial features for the study area were plotted from the AVHRR data and they confirmed interpretations previously constructed from ground data and aerial survey methods. It is envisaged that AVHRR could be used successfully for mapping glacial geological evidence over a wide area and hence for the reconstruction and modelling of former ice-sheet patterns.
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