54 KRIinjOK NANSKN. M.-N. Kl. 



'Flu- (lcj4T(,c of mauiriu to wliicli llic ^iramlflai mav have bjcii fle- 

 velopcrl in tlic \arious rcj^'ions, will naiurally 'lc|)cii'l uj)on the tiine fluring 

 which llicsc various processes of (kinulation, especially the sliore erosion, 

 have had to work, aiul also upon the initial heij^^ht of the land and the power 

 of resistance of the rocks. Some islands may have been entirely levelled, 

 others more or less, leaving*- hij^dicr hills an'l mountains in their interior 

 parts, etc. We may therefore expect to finrl all different stages, from 

 almost perfectly flat and level planes of low islanrls and peninsulas, to 

 regions with more \arying and undulating- lieiglits, aiul onh' some islands 

 and peninsulas here and there lia\e Keen nearly ])laned, or have planed 

 borders round tlieir shores. 



As the strandfiat lias been eroded by glaciers, at least during one, 

 atid probably during two glacial periods, we cannot expect to find very 

 sharj) lines of demarkation between the planes of the strandfiat and the 

 sliore cliffs of the surmounting ridges and stacks, as these have been 

 rounded off ])y the glaciers. On \'æroi and Tvost in Lofoten, and proba])ly 

 also on Træna, the strandfiat was not eroded l)y glaciers during the last 

 glacial period. Hence the emerged strandfiat on some of these islands 

 is very level, but hardly more so than we inay also find in other regions. 



