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fills belt of 9ubsideu€6 oan be tr«e^ aouth-> 

 ward to the center of leelaiid, end from ther« south- 

 waatward to the oouthwest ooast, v^ier« it forms the 

 gr««t j;3ioathwesterQ laml&o^ desoribed previously. The 

 zone of crustisl W9«»laai9«® alojii; the northeastern side of 

 the trough in southern leeland la represented by the 

 YOleeate pettiAauls of Heykjaaes ead its aubneriue ex- 

 teoeioa to the southweat. The southeeetern bouaaary is 

 represented by the voleftaoea « fladfi^llm d'Skull and 

 iSyJaf Jalle X&lKai» and the voloeiile islands of the 

 Vestmahheeyjer* 



SkielfeMi larb. m(%3xm$%rsr aad Bottoa ^ediiieata 



This deep, 3Lyijag betweea arimsey Flek on the 

 west and Maaeyje 71ak on the east, reaches depths of 200 

 fethiMse or aere aear its outer 9M0 It is floored with 

 isad, which in places is coasolidat« >d enough to wsrreat 

 a "hard** elassifieetioja. by the hydrographers. 1'hie is 

 portrayed by Il«»efigild (9»Psrt 3,Plete 1) as gr8y,d4ei>-flea 

 61ay« 



The belt of aud la akjilfshdi Xiyt ma^mAm 

 southiferd through the bey of Skjiilfeadi to within 5 

 niles of the bey head. The rwBeinder of the botton is 

 ooT3]?ed with sand which is aontlnuotts with the sead of 

 OriBsey ri»k and Maneyjar flak. 



The river, .^icialfande ?liot, which flows into 



