KU IDT JOK NANSKN. 



M.-X. Kl. 



Fig. 150. On the plain near the east coast of Reindeer Land, with the "Veslemoy" at 

 anchor. The crows nest of the latter is 13 metres above the water. As it is very nearly 

 level with the horizon, the plain at this place is about that height above sea-level. The 

 land at Grey Hook with the strandOat outside is seen in the back ground. Augusts, 1912. 



southern end of Spitsbergen. They must have been former! during periods 

 of temporar}' sul)mergence of the land, for they are at various heights, 

 the highest plateau being as much as 340 metres above sea-level. They are 

 as much as some hundred metres broad, and must have been formed after 

 the land was covered by glaciers at that place, for there were many pebbles 

 and round shore boulders on the highest plateau. 



This seems to prove that, owing to the vigorous shore-erosion in this 

 region, fairly broad shore benches or shelves may be cut in relatively short 

 time where the rock is not verv resistant. 



There is thus a possibility that these high platforms on the west and 

 east coast of the peninsula between Lief de Bay and Wijde Bay, are raised 

 coast platforms of the same nature as the raised beaches, and are not a 

 part of the regular strandfiat. 



If this be correct, we may assume that the real strandfiat on both 

 sides of this peninsula has been more or less cut awav bv the big glaciers 

 which filled Wijde Bay and Liefde Bay (and Wood Bavi and have 

 deepened and excavated these fjords after the strandfiat had been 

 developed. 



East Coast of Wijde Bay, and Verleegen Hook. 



There is a well developed strandfiat along the east coa.^t of Wijde 

 Bay, which was observed from the region of Aldert Dirkse's Bay and 

 northward to \'erleegen Hook (Figs. 158 and 160). I did not land on 

 this coast, but as far as I could see from the sea, the strandfiat is cut in 



