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sandy beach border some of the bays, but most St. Paul Maud, 

 of the shores are rocky. The photographs sub- 

 mitted with this Case will enable the Tribunal 

 to form a conception of the ruggedness of the 

 shores and of the irregularity and confusion of 

 the lava blocks that cover them. The averag-e 

 height of the upland is not over one hundred and 

 fifty feet, but three small peaks, one of which 

 in particular has the appearance of a crater, attain 

 a height of nearly six hundred feet. 



Aboutforty miles to the southeast of St. Paul lies , ^\- ^Jcorge is- 



•^ laud. 



St. George, in latitute 56'^ 35' N. and longitude 

 169° 30' W. Its length is ten miles, while its great- 

 est width is about four and a half miles. It has an 

 area of thirty-four square miles, and a coast line 

 of thirty miles. On St. George the coast rises 

 precipitously from the sea, and is, for the most 

 part, a succession of cliffs, with not more than 

 six or eight miles of low-lying shores and not 

 over a mile of sandy beach, whereas large stretches 

 of the shores of St. Paul are of the latter charac- 

 ter. St. George contains two hills, more than 

 nine hundred feet in height, and united by mod- 

 erately high ground. Its general altitude is about 

 hree times tiiat of St. Paul. 



Otter Island lies six miles south of St. Paul, otter island. 

 It is the only one of the group upon which are 



found evidences of recent volcanic action. It is 

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