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Fjord, aod Laagenes Dyt sod. the patoJaee and areas of 



greveX on Mdlrciifeka Flaic, K:j§Ia«a Banlc«, and Lani;«ne8 



?lfik sugseat that the syaymetrical Twittera of Beflir-pnta 



fOKBfcrX^ ©xiBtedi her« alflO« but hes b««a mfitketi ijy s 



^e«t flood of sena, 



ByJa f jerdar Ijyb and ifcyja flQT&, Bstharstetry end 

 BottomSeain^tats 



lyje FJardar D«ep rn^rgss with Hagstaos J>»ep 

 sod ami^ irjord 0«ep to the ym&t (see B, A, 2977 and 

 6«A.56$| end Is bounded oa the ®a®t by G^rlmsey Flak, 

 Xt reaches depths of over two hundred fathoms north 

 of Latitude 66 dogr^ea 22 Minutest 1^. Like tha other 

 deeps to th@ west, it is floored with waA, 



Byje yjardar Qyb runs up into lyja Fjord, 

 whioh, in tarn, heads in a lonf;, narrov/ irslley trench- 

 ing the interior highlands for a distano® of almost 

 thirfey-flv© ffidles south of th« fjord head, Aooordinr 

 to lUelaea (i7,p»277), this depression, ©xtendinc from 

 the interior far out to see, is probably a fault trou^^h 

 foxsoed during th«s Pleistocene epooh, 



The pattern of bottom sediiaents in Syjs 

 fjord is siuili^r to the pattern in other large fjords. 

 Mad floors all of the deeper portion continuously fron 

 heed to soouth. This is flunked on either side by narrow 

 belts of sand covering iaost of the shallower portions. 



