When sea levels were lower during the
Last Glacial Period, the hills formed an island that may have been occupied by humans. 10,000 BCE From approximately 15,500 to 13,600 years
before present (BP), sea levels in the region were lower by , and possibly more than . At this time, Viking-Bergen would have been an island surrounded by a shallow sea. If sea levels reached the lowest projected level, the formation may have existed for some time as hills at the northernmost extent of
Doggerland; these hills would have been east of the Shetland hills, now the Shetland islands. based on a hypothetical piece of worked flint found near the banks. The island was inundated by the North Sea by about 12,000 years BP == References ==