68 



^ FRII)Tjr)r NANSKN. 



M.-X. Kl. 



Kig. 41. I>inf((;n<:s. (After photo- 

 grajdi All?;. 12, 191 i). 



than 1I1C slraiiflflal aloiüL; ilic outer cr)nst. If ihese points and benchis 

 were iHMiiiiaiits of an initial \allcy floor, tonncl at the same time as the 

 .slrandflal of xW outer coast, wc would therefore have to assume tliat the 

 land in the inner part of tlie fjord is now stanrhnt,'' coni[)aratively a good 

 deal lower than the lanrl alonj.^' tlie outer coast. 



Tliirdiy the flat j)lalforms of these rocky points and benches often 

 form \ery distinct incisions in the steep mountain slope's on the sides of 



42. View landwards from top of Diogenes. Surface of strandllat, rounded by glacial 

 erosion. (Aug. 12, 191 1). 



the fjords, indicating that these platforms and benches have been formed 

 after the mountain slopes and not simultaneously with them. The com- 

 paratively level surface of the platforms also prove that, after their final 

 formation, they cannot have been exposed to any verv effective glacial 

 excavation like that which gave the fjords and their sides their present 

 main features. 



There is no possibility that these low and flat points along the sides 

 of Sogne I'jord can have been formed by glacial erosion, transforming 



Fig. 42 A. Southern entrance to 



the sound between Inner Sulen 



(to the leftl and Losneoi. (Sketch 



Aug. 12, 191 1 1. 



