1912. No. 14. 



THE HYDROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS. 



Fjord (Fl) = fiord, firth. 



Flak = flat, shallow. 



Flu = sunken rock. 



Gamme =^ encampment or hut. 



Graa = grey. 



Grunde (gr) = shallow. 



Halvey = peninsula. 



Hamn (H'^^) = harbour. 



Hav = sea. 



Holme (HI, Hl'^) = small island. 



Hus ^= house. 



Inner = inner. 



Is = ice. 



Kap = cape. 



Keile = inlet. 



Lagune = lagoon. 



Lang = long. 



Lav = low. 



Lere iL) = clay. 



Længde (L.) = longitude. 



Misvisning (Misv.l ^variation. 



Xord (N.) = north. 



Ny = new. 



Nær = near. 



Næs, nes = headland, naze. 



Odde = promontory, point. 



Omtrentlig (omtr) = approximateh- 



(P. D.) 

 Plads = place. 

 Punkt (Pkt) = point. 

 Pynt (Pt) = point (of land). 

 Rev = reef 

 Sand (Sd) = sand. 

 Skjæl (Sk) = sheU. 

 Skjær (Skj!^) = rock, rocks. 

 Smaa (Sm) = small. 

 Stein (St) = stone. 

 Stor ^ great. 

 Stræde (Str) ^= strait. 

 Strand = shore. 

 Sund (S:!) = sound. 

 Sor = south. 

 Tg (tgl = trigonometric. 

 Traadles = wireless. 

 Tor = dry. 

 \'aag = bay. 

 Varde = cairn. 

 Vest (V.) = west. 

 \'ik = creek. 

 Oy = island. 

 Oyr = low tongue of land, spit. 



Instead of the word "mountain" (Mt.), the sign i^ is employed with the 

 name of the mountain above, and its height below. 



Nomenclature. New Names. 



The names on the chart are parth- names taken from the literature 

 and from older charts, and partly those generally used by Norwegian 

 arctic traders and hunters. I have throughout emplo^-ed the form of these 

 names that is used by the Norwegian arctic traders, and in doing so have 

 received good advice from Professor M. Hægstad, of the Christiania 

 University. I have endeavoured to avoid using names that in some form 

 or other have already been employed in localities in Spitsbergen. 



New names have only been given where necessary for the chart or 

 for the description of the waters under discussion. 



