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th» r«mark«1>l6 •jmnetry of pettera observetl in Huaefl4l 

 £)eep end Blcage Grund, 



Bottom Sedliaenta la Sicaa« Fiord 



Skmga Fjord *^«p runs up iato Sfcaga Jjord to 

 the south. A aorth-traadiag belt of mud is shown lylnjt; 

 in the wostera part of th«» fjoi'd, followiag the ch&nnel 

 there. Ita exaot ext©at to the aorth is uaicno\m. Inter- 

 veaiat?; betweea it aad the and of Slcega Fjord Deep, further 

 to the aorth, is a zoa«» of ^atdl whioh ooaaects on the 

 v^st with the grav®! of Btraumaes fl»k. 



The ohi@t sedimeat throughout the remainder 

 of Skags fjord, i,©, ia the Ofistern haltg et the head, 

 and la s ooiDstal strip along the vdstera side, is pro- 

 bebiy sand. Oa« posaible exception BB*iy b« the chKimel 

 shown by soundings to run up th@ east side or tne fjord; 

 this may eoatbia somd aud, although none ims been shows 

 oa th6 Ghaxt. 



It is e«rtaia that e great amount of sand aa^ 

 eilt h«8 be@a, aad i@ baiag, emptied into dkaga Fjord. On 

 Ihoroddsea* 8 aap (25) the river entering at th« heed of 

 the fjord is shoiva to driain from Hof s Jokull in the inter- 

 ior. Also, all streams entering from the east head ia 

 valleys below small looal j^laoiers In the highlands be- 

 tween Skaga Ijord sad i;yje yjord. The large alluvial 



