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A short sound 8 metres broad and about 1 m. deep connects this fjord with the 

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The Stole-Fjord (see fig. 5) is a short open and somewhat broad fjord which 

 runs southwest from the open Skagerrack into the mainland a little to the south of 

 Krager0. 



The inner fjord is shallow, the depth nowhere exceeding 40 metres. The other 

 more open part of the fjord is up to 80 metres deep. From this basin several deep 

 channels up to about 30 m. or more in depth communicate with the open Skagerrack. 



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The Helle-Fjord at Kragero is a small basin about 3 kilometres long and ' 

 kilometre broad. The inner part is up to 60 — 75 rnetres deep. Through a narrow 

 sound ca. 200 metres broad this basin is connected with the waters of the very intricate 

 group of islands, holms and skerries east ofKrager0. The soundings of this narrow sound 

 are far from accurate. The chart (see fig. 6) which contains very few soundings gives 

 a maximum depth of 20 metres ; whereas the minimum depth is really 15 metres. 



These topographical characters indicate that the fjord is really a proper "barrier fjord", 

 where only the uppermost layers change, while the whole of the deep basin is stagnant 

 for long periods, devoid of all higher animal life, the water becoming saturated with 

 sulphuretted hydrogen and devoid of oxygen, facts which are moreover confirmed by 

 special investigations. 



