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M.-N. Kl. 



Fig. 59. Panoramic view between east and west-sout: 



tlic west, north, and cast, taken from tlie to]) of tliis mountain. We hero 

 look down upon the extensive stranrlflat, wliicli is especially flat and 

 cons])icuous towards the southwest and west. A part of the above- 

 mentioned stranrlflat in the region south of Nordàsvand i also seen to- 

 wards the east, to the right. 



At Rkcrlun'dc, on the east coast of Store Sotra, just west of the 

 soutliern end of Lille vSotra, and under Litårnet, the height of the general 

 level of the strandfiat was found by levelling to be about 30 or 32 metres 

 above the sea. At a height of 52 metres one was decidedly above the 

 general level of the strand flat. 



The summit of the small peninsula at Ekerhovde, west of the southern 

 extremity of Lille Sotra, was 71 metres above sea-level. Many ridges 

 and hills on Lille Sotra anrl the islands northwards, rise approximately 

 to this altitude (cf. Fig. 56), and the highest hill on Lille Sotra even 

 higher. But the average height of these ridges is somewhat lower, per- 

 haps about 50 and 60 metres above the sea. 



At Håkcnsiind, at the soutliern end of Store Sotra, the strandfiat 

 has an unusually level surface at about 30 metres above the sea, and 

 distinguishes itself sharply from the ascending mountain slopes to the 

 north ( Fig. 57). 



Li the region of Glesvær, at the southwestern extremity of Store 

 Sotra, the strandfiat is well developed (Figs. 58 and 59). Its altitude was 

 found by levelling to be 29.9 metres above the sea. \n some places on 

 the peninsula to the north of Glesvær (Kausland) it mav be a little higher, 

 but it does not reach 40 metres. The altitude of the highest hill just north 

 of Glesvær is 42.5 metres above sea-level, buti this hill rises decidedly 

 above the general level of the strandfiat, as is shown by the view north- 

 ward, taken from this hill, see Fig. 58). This picture gives an idea of the 

 levelness of the strandfiat in this region. In the Ijackground to the right 

 is seen the mountain Litårnet from which the panorama Fig. 55 was taken. 

 The altitude of the general level of the strandfiat mav l)e assumed to be 

 between 30 and 2)i 'iietres above the sea in this region. 



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