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Fig. 120. Engeloi with the strandtlat on Lundoi in front, cut in granite. (Sept. 8, 1912). 



stone [Rekstad, 1913, p- 4'. has a comparatively horizontal surface, with 

 a great number of low islands, and a fairly well marked edge with steep 

 slopes outside not far from the outer border of the islands. 



The plateau of IIcIlig:'(C)\ in about 67° 24' XLat. and 13^' 54' E.Long., 

 east of Landegode, has a quite similar surface with a sharply defined outer 

 edge near present sea-level and steep side slopes. It is built up of mica 

 schists [Rekstad, 19 13. p. 13'. But the plateau of Lyngvar just inside 

 and separated from Helligvær, only by a narrow channel consists of 

 granite and has the typical outward sloping surface of granite plateaus. 



The small plateaus of Kjarvar (chiefly granite'» and Stcinsvar 

 (granite), between Fleinvær and Helligvær, have the tvpical surfaces of 

 granite plateaus. It is also a quite common feature with the granite 

 plateaus that their islands are more scattered, while on the plateaus of 

 less resistant rocks, like limestone and mica-schist, the islands lie as a 

 rule closer together with narrower sounds between them. cf. for instance 

 the striking difference between Lyngvær and Helligvær hing close 

 together. 



The small plateau of Terra is built up of a kind of schistose horn- 

 blende rock. Its surface is most like the granite surface. 



The plateau of Giver far out to sea north of Fleinvær is built up 

 chiefly of a coarse mica-schist. It has a fairly horizontal submerged plane 

 with well-marked outer edges some metres below sea-level. 



The plateau of Karlsokar, in about 67'^'33'X.Lat. and 14'' 38' E.Long., 

 on the southern side of the entrance to Folia Fjord, is built up of mica- 

 schist [Rekstad, 1917a, p. 16 and map', and has the typical surface of a 

 plateau of rocks of little resistance, with the numerous islands close 

 together and a sharply defined outer edge some metres below sea-level, 

 and comparatively steep side slopes, while Slovccr consisting of gneiss, 

 and situated just to the northeast and separated from Karlsoivær only 

 by a narrow channel, has more the surface of a granite i)lateau with more 

 scattered islands and less sharply defined outer edges. 



Still more characteristic in this respect is the plateau of Husvar 

 (with Husoi), in about 67"43'X.Lat. and 14" 23 — 44' E. Long., north 



