1 912. No. 14. THE HYDROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS. I9 



Cape Guissez it divides, Kings Bay running in towards the east-south- 

 east, while Cross Bay runs in a north-north-easterly direction ^. 



Kings Bav has a length of 24 kilometres reckoned from Cape Guissez. 

 Its width between Cape Guissez and Ouade Hoek is 13V0 kilometres, 

 after which the fjord decreases evenly in width up to Blomstrand Penin- 

 sula, where it is onl}' 4^10 kilometres in width. Within this peninsula, 

 the fjord again widens considerably, and is here not less than 12 kilo- 

 metres across. The part of the fjord reaching farthest north is D3Tevika 

 (Deer Creek). At the head of Kings Bay is Mt. Ossian Sars with the per- 

 pendicular wall of Kings Glacier on both sides of it. 



The islands in Kings Bay are the Loven Islands, Prince Heinrich 

 Island in Zeppelin Harbour, and Gerd Island in Deer Creek, besides a uum- 

 ber of smaller islands and rocks. The Loven Islands consist of 7 large 

 islands and several smaller ones. The largest, Storholmen, is the most 

 westerl}'. It is i kilometre long and ^/o kilometre broad. 



The fjord has 3 great indentations. Blomstrand Harbour and Deer Creek 

 on the north-east side, and Kol Hamna (Coal Haven) on the south-west. 



2. Blomstrand Harbour. 



Blomstrand Harbour is the larger of the two. Its length is 3 kilo- 

 metres; its width is %o kilometre at the mouth, but it widens out inside 

 to a breadth of 2^/5 kilometres. The part of the harbour running north, 

 Nordvaagen, is surrounded on the east, north and west side by ice. 



Blomstrand Harbour was sounded out b}- Petersen-Hansen, July 

 22 — 25, 1909. In Nordvaagen (North Ba}^) there are depths of up to 70 

 metres. At its mouth, east of Austneset (East Naze), there is a bar with 

 depths of from 20 to 47 metres. From the inner end of Sörvaagen (South 

 Bay) the depth increases (except over Austnesboen) evenly westwards until 

 south of Vestneset, (West Naze) where there are even depths of up to more 

 than 70 metres. West of this profile, the depth decreases up to a line south 

 of Tönsneset, where the greatest depth is 50 metres. From this bar the 

 bottom sinks rapidly to the great depths of Kings Bay. In addition to the 

 anchorage marked on the chart between Austneset and Vestneset, anchorage 

 can also certainl}- be found in the south-eastern part of the harbour, though 

 the falling of pieces of ice from the glacier makes it somewhat dangerous. 



^ See also 'Publications de la Mission Isachsen sous les auspices de S. A. S. le Prince 

 de Monaco', II© Partie, 'Description du Champ d'Opération', par Gunnar Is.\chsen et 

 Adolf Hoel (in the press). 



