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Reef and Foreland Shoal - up to 126 metres at the southern edge of 

 the shoal — are found upon the Foreland side. In the sound north of 

 the shoal, on the other hand, the greatest depths are found nearest to 

 Brogger Peninsula, the deepest sounding, 196 metres, having been made 

 at the north-east edge of the shoal, obliquely oft" Mt. Kiær. From this depth 

 the bottom rises evenly northwards to 187 metres on a line from Ouade 

 Hoek to Vogel Hoek. and 173 metres 5 kilometres farther north in the 

 continuation of the sound, dropping again to from 300 to 360 metres in 

 the basin that lies between the promontories Cape Mitra, Cape Guissez, 

 Ouade Hoek and \'ogel Hoek, thus before the common threshold of 

 Kings Bay and Cross Bay, and the threshold of Foreland Sound. 



The northern part of Foreland Sound is clean on both sides, except 

 west of Mt. Graarud, where there are two shallows, Nvtlua (New Rock) 

 farthest south with 4 metres of water over it, and 2^ o kilometres farther 

 north. Innerilua (Inner Rock) with 5 metres of water over it. 



On the German Reichs-Marine-Amt chart of Barents Sea. corrected 

 to 191 1, a shallow is shown west of Xytlua, about the middle of the 

 fairwav, with 4^ 5 metres of water over it. This shallow was not found 

 in our soundings. 



Foreland Sound is on the whole clean on both sides of the Reef 

 There is no entirel}' safe harbour in all kinds of weather, but vessels will 

 be able to anchor on either side according to the conditions of the wind, 

 as there is an even clay bottom all over. Ferrier Haven and Farm Har- 

 bour may be specially mentioned as good anchorages (see pp. 23, 25). 



While the bottom in the northern part of Foreland Sound sinks from 

 4 metres at the Reef to a depth of 173 metres northwards in about 

 18 kilometres, at the southern margin of the previousU'-mentioned 350- 

 metre deep basin, at the same distance southwards from the Reef, the 

 bottom has sunk to 246 metres. 



The greatest depths in the sound are found nearest western land, 

 between a line from Saddle Point to Deadman Spit in the south, to Fore- 

 land Shoal in the north; while east and north of this region they are 

 found nearer east than west land. 



There are no islands in the northern part of Foreland Sound. 



When Foreland Sound is free from ice, a few seals are to be seen 

 there, mostly near the foot of the glaciers. Among the few mountains on 

 which birds breed in great quantities, is the north point of the Foreland, 

 Vogel Hoek. Reindeer are scarcely ever seen on the east shore of the 

 sound, and very seldom on the Foreland. 



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