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into it is considerBble, According to Bisiicer (4, p. 192), 

 the Blandl, which enters from the east, is one of the 

 largest rivers in Icelend; it drains from two glaciers, 

 Lang JoJcull and Hofs jSlcull, in the interior, and carries 

 much silt in the form of rock flour, Thoroddsen's geolo- 

 gical map (25) shows an eactensiYs alluvial fill in th© 

 Tallejs at the head and on the east side of the fjord, 

 SJcaga arund. Bathym:etry and Bottom Sediments 



The hank, Skaga Grund, extends more than 

 forty miles north-northeastward from Skagen peninsula. 

 It is about twenty miles wide near the coast and tapera 

 to about ten adles wide at the outer end, 



fhe pattern of bottom sediments on Sicaga Gmad 

 is reaaarkably symmetrical with respect to the plan and 

 east-west profile of the benk, A belt of sand varying 

 from 3 to 7 Biles wide, lies along the eastern and aortlMra 

 coasts of the 3k&gen peninsula. Seaward of this a belt of 

 gravel, 3 to 8 adles wide, extends entirely across the 

 bank, from Kuaafl&i Deep to Skaga fjord Deep, foiTftlag a 

 erude Y pointing northward. From the apex of this V a 

 narrower belt of gravel, 5 to 4 miles wide, extends north- 

 ward along the shoalest portion of the bank to within 7 

 miles of its end. The author believes this gravel, as 

 well as the gravel on Stranda Grund and in Skagastrand 



