Nygård Hage

Coastal cliff with deposits from several ice ages

Nygård Hage is located on the east side of Venø Bugt immediately north and west of the village of Ejsingholm. The site is a coastal cliff that extends approximately 1 km along the coast. Of particular interest are the thick layers of meltwater deposits from the end of the Elster Ice Age.

The site contains up to 7 m of meltwater sediments, which are overlain by up to 10 m of moraine clay.

The meltwater sediments are attributed to the Elster Ice Age and correspond to the deposits elsewhere in the geopark, e.g. Toftum Bjerge and Odby Klint , as well as in cliffs in several other places. The moraine clay is dark grey and has a composition that corresponds to the Saale moraine in Toftum Bjerge. The moraine unit is pushed up and folded, presumably by an ice from a northern direction.

In front of the cliff, there were previously areas of beach meadows on the marine foreland, corresponding to the current areas at Sdr. Lemvig – Geddal Enge . Old maps indicate that there was previously an angular foreland in front of the cliff. In the last approx. 100 years, coastal erosion has resulted in the coastline having moved back by approx. 250 m. Today, the profile appears with fine outcrops.

Parts of the area are designated as protected nature (pastures and salt meadows).