6o IKIUTJOK NANSKN. M.-N. Kl. 



Fig. 23. P.kctlal witli the tower of the chiircli in Tjugum and the Ese Fjord behind, 

 seen from Vegarnes. (Aug. lo, 191 1 1. 



In TjiigiDii, Balestrantl, on tlic north side of Sogne Fjord, tlie strand- 

 flat is represented by the peninsula Vcgarncs (Fig. 27) and by the flat 

 narrow foreland (Fig. 28) on which the church of Tjugum is situated, 

 under the steep mountain slope. In the outer part of Vegarnes there is 

 a wide plain or level rock-surface about 11 or 12 metres above sea-level. 

 The ridge of the peninsula reaches 25.05 metres above the sea. 



The platform at Tjugum church (Fig. 28) has a level surface at 

 about 12 metres above sea-level, but the rock rises gently higher and 

 has its highest level near the foot of the mountain slope, at 20 metres 

 above the sea. A projecting rock-knoll rises 3.8 metres higher, giving 

 a total height of 23.8 metres. 



The islet at Kvauiso, between Målsnes and Kvamme, shows a distinct 

 strandfiat at between 12 and 20 metres above sea-level. The same plane 

 is continued along the coast inwards along Balestrand, and the houses and 

 farms are lying on this ])lain. 



Vaiigsiics (Framnes), on the other side of Sogne Fjord, rises to a 

 flat rocky plain at 25.82 metres above sea-level. But the top of the pen- 

 insula is 32.15 metres higher, at a level of 57.97 metres above the sea. 



At Tangen, on the south side of Sogne Fjord, opposite Hoiang Fjord, 

 there is a well-marked strandfiat (Fig. 29) on which the houses are situ- 

 ated. The level of this plane at the houses of Tangen, was measured 

 to be 17.2 metres above the sea. Farther to the west the plane is a couple 

 of metres lower, whilst to the eastward there is a well developed plane 

 I or 2 metres higher. 



Along the coast westwards from Tangen, platforms of a strandfiat 

 occur at many places, forming often sharplv marked incisions in the steep 



