c. Hydrographical CharaclerisLie of Ihe Fiords 

 of Norlhern Norway. 



It is a woll known ffaturc in tiu' western (vestlandske I tiorils 

 that the niaxinnnu depth is found in the inner pai-ts, but several 

 (if the northern fiords are found to be ditt'ei'cnt in this respect. 

 It is true that the greatest depth (about (ioO ni.) in the Vest Fiord 

 is fui'lher in than Ti-ano (Ti'ano-dee])! and in the Varangrer Fiord 

 the Lireatest depth I li't ni.i is just otV the Rot;- Fiord (in the middle 

 part of tile tiordi, but it may be slated liiat the maximal depth is 

 found in the outer half of many of the fiords. 



In file following table I have i^iven a special name to the 

 place where the greatest depth is found. 



1 owe the majority of the above data to the general charts of 

 Geographical Survey. I have relied on my own measurements, 

 which are on the whole not a large number, with regard to the 

 Lyngen and Kvænang fiords. 



A little beyond the mouth of the Salten Fiord inwards I have 

 sounded .'^so ui.; liut this depth is less than may be found in the 

 Sk,jei-stad Fiord which is still further in. I reached a depth of 518 

 m. a little out.side Skjerstad church. It is ([uite remarkable in the 

 district between the Skjerstad and the Ofot Fiords how many 

 depressions there are, as will be seen from the following table. 



This series of greater depths lies between <>'" and fi8030' N. 

 The powers which combine to form fiords must have been exer- 

 cised in an unusually large degree in this district, and it is probably 

 very difficult to find any parallel instance of such depths in such 

 a limited area. 



It will 1)0 found on careful consideration of the observations 

 taken that a great many of the fiord deci)S arc very uniform with 

 regard to temperature and salinity. So as to make this clear at a 

 glance the following tabulated observations have been inserted. 



Observations made at different times of the year have proved 

 that a considerable constancy in temperature and salinity prevails 

 in these fiord deeps. Another set of fiords shall now come into 

 consideration. 



