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it is th«refoyft heavily lad<m with nsnd »M silt whieii 

 is difloherged in^o %hm sea. Tboroddsen (a2,p*506} cites 

 oae i:ast6»ao@ in 1717 when large <!|iueatitles of piamioe 

 «nire ©erpied to the s«a from fia eruption in the interior, 



Battonaatry of the m&lf from Melrefeke Flak to Lsaagneii 



fa«) Imalc, k^Xx'islUd ilii^kf <^xtaji4& 30 Mies 



It &if®xeits»& £b<mt fif td&n uIXbb ixi wldtl-^. 



Ti^stil ?4ar44ir Q^h, '^tw^exi i^alrakks Flak on 

 %bm sotttMwest axtd K4^^<^^ Baiiik® (m. %la» ma&t, tr@Ms north- 

 ward aad tt0rt.i-M««tward finaa Tiiistil fjord, A greatest 

 d&pth of 16!^ i:iithOiiiB ij fikhami at L^tituds 66 degra^s 47.25 

 »inut@3 k,f ijOimVuv&Q 16 d0^@6S 7 miau%<ei3 W, kost of th& 

 bottcai, lio^«?sv»r, lies ao 4«sp©r thcsn 130 fsthoKUi. 



Morth-tr^Miiig JCjSlS€ia Bsii^o lifers, pertislly 

 i30lut@4» ;S5 iaile»s aorth ot titrn "SMn^amm peainsul^. It 

 bears & leaat <L9p%h of 49 fstthoms at Latitude 66 deg^tB 

 42.5 joiiautea ii., X^ngittude 13 d8g:?Qes 4«5 sdnutes ^« 



.Lei^anes a;{^I», laeti^aa Kjolaoa Baake on tl»» 

 west aad Lsagsaea jflak oa th» south, triads aortheasstwiBrd 

 from a poiat aboat tea mil®^ south-aoutaets^it of KJolsea 

 Baalce. The greater part of its floor lies ^etweea 110 

 aad 140 fsthoiaia. 



¥he baxik, X^a^eaea ?lek» ezteads or^r thirty 



