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lakes 011 Klubben (Vardebakken) near Thorshavn and on Gjerdum 

 Rejn on Bord 6. 



Ravines. The »Gjove« which are aften spoken of as occur- 

 ring on the Islands, are large, long and deep clefts in the rocks 

 (Figs. 10, 11). These ravines extend sometimes over large areas: thns a 



Fig. 12. JJnrdn Cave in tlio clitV lacing- tliu 



(Afttr a i)li(it(i,^i-apli l)y I'. Horgesenj. 



»Gjov« leads from Selletræ on Ostero in an easterly direction to 

 Skaale by Skaalefjord, i. e. right across a peninsuia. Very often a 

 stream flows in the bottom of a »Gjov«, bnt it is hardly possible 

 that the stream should have worn away the »Gjov«, which doubtless 

 originated in a splitting of the rock, though in the conrse of time 

 the »Gjov« became widened by the action of the stream. Owing to 

 the niimerous small rock-ledges and the flowing water, these »Gjovs« 

 (ravines) are covered with luxuriant vegetation (P'ig. 10), and the damp 



