1 92 1. No. 1 1, 



THE STRAXDFLAT AND ISOSTASY 



Fig. 56. Northward view iVom the summit (71 metres above the sea) ot" the peninsula at Ekerhovde on 



Store Sotra. l.\ug. 21, 191 1. 1 



Fig. 57. Strandtlat at Hakensund, southern end of Store Sotra. (Aug. 21, 191 1. 



Fig. 58. The strandtlat seen northwards from the hill (42 metres above the sea) north of Glesvær. 



(Aug. 21, 191 1.) 



Region of Sotra. 



The strand flat has a wide extension on the l)ig island Store Sotra 

 and also on Lille Sotra ( h i^^. 21, no. 78 and ~~) to the west of Bertrcn. 

 But it is comjiarativcly uneven on these islands with manv ridges and 

 liills risin«,»- al)o\e the <j;encral le\el of the strandfiat, to heights more than 

 (.0 metres. The strandfiat comjirises the greater part of Lille Sotra. and 

 the whole western and northw'estern part of Store .Sotra with tlie ex- 

 ception of the manv above-mentioned ridges and hills rising above its 

 general level, in the eastern and south-eastern i)art of Store Sotra the 

 land is more mountainous, rising to heights of 341 metres at Titarnct 

 (see Fig. 21, no. 79). Fig. 55 gives a panoramic view of the land towards 



Vid.-Selsk. Skrifter. I. M.-N. Kl. 1921. No. ir. 6 



