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l'ig. 81. l'oints at Ovrcbu im noi-tli-wc-stern side ot Kastcrn I)okn island. (Sij)!. i, 19111. 



Håsteincn (i)liyllite) rises al)ru]>tly lo n lici<(ht of 45 metres ('according 

 to "Tojjoj^ra fi.sk Kart 15Iarl (> I), Stavanj^er"'). Tlie islaiul Storkjor, soutli- 

 west of Jvolt, lias a lieij^iit of 18 metres. 



The laiul on llie Stcwangcr l'cniusula forms on the whole an un- 

 usually level anrl well-developerl stramlflat, ciu in solifl rock, mostly phyl- 

 lite, but in some places, at Tananger and round I lafs Fjord, also granite. 

 The difference in the rocks causes, however, no a{)j)recial)le difference in 

 the plane or the height of the strandfiat, though a difference in the rough- 

 ness of the surface is easily perceptible. Hills, like Randeberg (Fig. 87) 

 rise more or less abruptly to heights of 79 metres above this almost per- 

 fectlv horizontal plane, extending to the foot of the hills. 



North of Stavanger, at F^inncstad near Dusevik, I found bv levelling 

 the height of the plane to be 29.5 metres above the sea. This plain is to 

 a great extent covered by moraine material, but tlu solitl rock (phyllite) 

 protrudes at the surface of the plain in many places. 



On the northwestern side of the peninsula, south of Tungenes I.'ght- 

 liouse, the strandfiat is conspicuously level and low, less than 10 metres 

 above the sea (Fig. 87), and is cut in solid reck (phyllite) forming th? 

 shore. The base of Tungenes Lighthouse is about 8 metres above sea-level. 



At Tananger the general level of the very even plane of the strandfiat. 

 extending landwards anrl cut in granite, was founrl by levelling to be al)Out 

 14 metres above the sea. Near the shore it was somewhat lower. The hill 

 witli a cairn, north of Tananger harbour, rises to about 22 metres above 

 sea-level. The panoramic view I'ig. 89 was taken from this hill. It shows 

 that the level of the plane is much below that height. The height of the 

 small Tananger Lighthouse seen in the middle of the picture is 15 metres 

 above the sea, and that of its base al)out r i metres. The height of Fladho'm 



Fig. 82. Eastern Bokn island, seen from the south, with strandflat extending along the whole coast from the 

 point to the north-west, which is the same as in Fig. 8i. (Sept. i, 191 il. 



