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deeply iaset ljui«r portion ot tha fjord Is to some ex* 

 teat protoetftd fraa tiie Aretio drift ice which frequeatly 

 b<33ets th« northern eoast. Alao, ao ioy gleclal atresms 

 poiir their waters into Hrut£t FJordur @b %hmy do in aaam 

 of the Veatflrdlr; the streasi ©nttoing the upp«»r end of 

 hrute FjoTdur he&ds la s tm&ll loJce In the highlaads 10 

 Biles to the south (25)« 



RoeA: frii^es the eastern end western shores 

 of Hruta Fjordur, hoth at the aouth of the fjord end 

 halfway haclc towf^rd tim heed. 



Mid Fjord, east of Hrute Fjord, contains no 

 bottom notations on the ehert* The author has aho¥m a 

 belt of mud dloht;, its @xi@ at the mouth, based on the 

 presenee of a 60-fathoM enclosed basin. 



The mad zo&& of Hunafl6i Deep is lob0t«% to 

 e limited extent towerd Muna Fjord •*rhe laud line is shown 

 running along the eastern side of a gentle trough heed- 

 ing into Huae Jjord, It awlags northward oppoaite the 

 point of land ealled Yatniutes, then southward e^^aim 

 into Hruta ?jordur, A band of grsTel 3 to 4 miles vdde 

 flanks this lob@ of Boid on the eest end south. 



Send, with Bmm rook end a few petehes of 

 mud, floors Uuae Fjord proper. The aaount of aediirients 

 delivered to Huae Fjord by the numc^rous streene ttftptyiq? 



