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is the highest peak of the Admiralty Range. To the left of it appear Mounts 

 Herschel, Peacock, and Lloyd in succession southward, while to the N. and right of 

 it are Mounts Whewell, Robinson, Minto, and Adam. (See also Plates XIX. 

 and XX., showing these mountains from the N.) 



The sketch was made too far from land to show the Possession Islands with 

 any detail, but these may be seen in Plate XXI. 



PLATE CXXXL MOUNT MELBOURNE AND WOOD BAY. 

 From a sketch made on board ship in passing; Jan. 17, 1902. (Map A.) 



On the right a long bank of low cloud covers all but the top of the highest 

 peak, Mount Monteagle, and the foot-hills. Wood Bay runs deeply in behind 

 Cape Sibbald, whose cliffs are bold and perpendicular, and rise several hundreds of 

 feet straight up from the sea. The bay was still full of pack-ice in January 1902, 

 and it was not until February in 1904 that an entrance to the bay was made, and 

 the photographs taken, which appear in Plates XXX. and XXXII. 



A landing had been effected here previously by members of the " Southern 

 Cross " Expedition, and it is probable that at some future time the spot will be used 

 as a base for work in connection with the South Magnetic Pole, which is believed 

 to exert its maximum vertical force at no great distance inland from this point. 



Mount Melbourne (8337 feet above sea-level) is a quiescent volcanic cone with 

 a very wide base and snow-covered slopes reaching down to the sea, To the south- 

 east the slopes continue to form a prominent and rocky headland, known as Cape 

 Washington. 



PLATE CXXXII. MOUNT MELBOURNE AND THE COAST-LINE 



SOUTHWARD. 



From a sketch made on board ship in passing; Jan. 18, 1902, 1.30 P.M. (Map A.) 



At this part of the coast-line which came into view while crossing Terra Nova 

 Bay, the most striking feature is the tabular range of mountains inland, the highest 

 point of which, 8788 feet above sea-level, has been named Mount Nansen. It 

 shows well-marked horizontal structure and steep scarp slopes, and forms part of 

 the Continental Range which stretches N. and S. along the coast for at least 

 800 miles. This range of mountains is apparently the eastern edge of a vast plateau, 

 having a fairly uniform height of about 8000 feet, at any rate between 77 S. and 

 78 S. lat., where Captain Scott made his long journey westward in 1903 over the 

 Inland Ice -cap. 



