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are called by this name by the natives. The present Kanger- 
dluarsuk is the one which has made the name known to miner- 
alogists; it is the place where Gresecxe in 1806 found the first 
specimens of sodalite, arfvedsonite and eudialyte. 
The Kangerdluarsuk Fjord is only about 26 kilometers long 
and lies so near to the colony of Julianehaab, that it is but a 
convenient day's journey from the colony in to the head of the 
fjord with the ordinary ‘‘conveyance”, the women’s boat. The 
first 22 kilometers from the mouth of the fjord offer little of 
interest; the surrounding hills are low and much the same the 
whole way, and consist of the ordinary Julianehaab granite. 
But about four kilometers before reaching the head of the fjord, 
just after passing the projecting point Niakornarsuk, there opens 
out the strangest, geological scenery that can well be imagined. 
The fjord contracts to less than two kilometers in breadth, steep 
cliffs rise up like an amphitheatre round the still, lake-like 
water, almost every trace of vegetation disappears, and one 
glance reveals a manifold complex of rocks, each with its own 
characteristic colour. In certain respects the scenery reminds 
one of the famous Monzoni in the Tyrol, but the amphitheatre 
of Kangerdluarsuk is on a much grander scale and gives an 
insight into far more variegated and characteristic, geological 
conditions. 
In the south rises the peaked mountains Jviangusat (the 
word means “the nipples’) to a height of 770 and 900 meters 
above the sea. In front of these lies the high plateau Äring- 
lerne, about 400 meters high, built up of alternating black and 
white sheets, which produce the impression of sedimentary 
rocks with unusually well-pronounced stratification (Pl. V, Fig. 1 
and Pl. IX); but what seem to be sedimentary layers are in 
reality nepheline-syenite. Towards the east the amphitheatre is 
bounded by Mount Kitdlavat ("the comb”, 1260 meters), which 
with its magnificent series of jagged granite peaks commands 
the whole region (PI. V, Fig. 3 and PI. VII, Fig. 1). In front of 
