KKIDIJ'il' NANSKN 



M.-N. Kl. 



Fi"-. 1 08. Profile across 



Smulen and Tusteren [islands, iron. pouU A to south o. po„U B .n Fig. xo8^ J 



gives the natural relati 



rise abruptly above the plane to he.gbts of 600 and 700 nutres al,o. te 

 sea This coast gives a convmcing hnpression of how tlic plane ot the 

 strandfiat ,nust have been cut hor.zontally into the oversteepenc^d mountam 

 s.des [cf. Nansen. .904, PL V, F,g. 5I. The h,gh mountain Stemshesten 

 is"consp,cuous. nsh,g as a -stack" above the level plane wh.ch however 

 is to a great extent formed of quaternary loose n,ater,al on both s.des 

 of the mountain. 



The maniland as well as the islands of this region is built up of rocks, 

 supposed to be Archæan, but Schetelig [1913] considers them to be younger 

 eruptive gneisses and igneous rocks. 



The strat.lflat extends as submerged platforms with innumerable 

 shoals and rocks 9 to 15 kilometres out to sea, a region much feared by 



all seafarers. 



The surfaces of these sulnnergcd platforms are fa.rly uneven and 

 are dissected l,^■ nunu-rous depressions making the depths varv. As^" ' 

 be nientioned later, this ,s generallv the case where the sul>n,erged p at^ 

 forms are bnilt up of resistant rocks l.ke granite or gneiss, &c. There 

 are manv scattered shoals and rocks near sea-level, or about 5 to .0 "letres 

 below it, some rocks and skerries also nse above the sea. It is d,tf>c 

 to decide exactiv at what level the plane ot these subn,erged plattur.n 

 stands. There .s no sharply def.ned edge of the plane, as the surfaces o 

 the platfor,ns slope towards the deeper sea on the sides, as a rule w.thou 

 anv sharp break. If, however, the tops of the many shoals and sunken 

 rocks mav be taken to indicate approximately a plane, tins stands ^er^ 

 near present seadevel, or perhaps five to ten metres below ,t. 



OutsKle the coast in the region ot Chr.sfansund, there ,s a series of 

 submerged platforms w.th shoals and rocks and small islands, situated, 

 as it were, on a submarine r>dge running parallel ,0 the average d.recon 

 of the coast, and forndng a continuat.on of a ridge on which are situated: 



