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Fig. 148. l'anoramic view of the cast coast of Reindeer 



lliis lake ami ils i-utlcl, the jilain under tlie stee]) nuniiilain-side, ascenfler] 

 lo a liii^lier le\i'l iliaii tlial of our ])lateau, perhaps 30 metres liigher, givirg 

 an altitude of al)out y)u metres above sea-level (see Fig. 154 to the rightj. 



The ri\er runninj,'- out of the lake has formed a canyon through the 

 broad moraine terrace which has daimiud up the lake (see Fig. 154). This 

 moraine has a considerable thickness as is pro\ed by this canyon, and is 

 built up of coarse material, with numerous boulders embedded in its mass, 

 as is seen in the sides of the canyon. The surface of the moraine is levelled 

 by the sea to form a horizontal terrace at about !("> metres above sea-level. 



The well-marked coast-ledge of this region extends along the coast 

 northwards to Grey Hook where there is a well-developed strandfiat in 

 front of the very steep mountain side (see Fig. 150). The coast-ledge 

 continues from Grey Hook south-eastwards along the west coast of 

 Wijde Bay. 



I was ashore in Lake Valley, on the west side of Wijde Bay. The 

 lake in this valley is a big lagoon to which a narrow channel leads from 

 the sea through the shore terrace built up of drift material. The channel 

 leads first into a smaller lagoon, and then a longer distance into the big 

 lagoon. Strong tidal currents run through this narrow channel like a river. 



I took the height of the strandfiat by levelling. 



The ground rises from the plain near the shore (see Fig. 155) inland 

 to a height of 46.8 metres where there is a well-marked shore-line partly 

 cut in solid rock. Its exact level was difficult to determine as it was 

 covered by too much gravel and loose niaterial. This shore-line forms a 

 conspicuous horizontal line, marked bv accumulations of snow, along the 

 coast southwards. 



From this shore-line an extensive plain rises gently inland towards 

 a terrace built up of stones at the foot of the much oversteepened mountain 

 side (see Fig. 156). The base of the terrace is about 55.8 metres above 

 the sea, and its upper level surface about 64.8 metres (Fig. 157). This 

 stone ledge is ol)viously a formation similar to those observed on Prince 

 Charles Foreland, and has been formed in the same manner. Similar 

 terraces were seen northwards along the coast towards Grey Hook, ap- 

 proximately at the same height at the foot of the mountains, along the 

 inner margin of the coast platform. 



On the north side of the big lagoon of Lake \^alley, the platform 

 appeared to lie, to a great extent, at about the same level as the well- 



