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it is possible that peek lee in reeeat times has plsytd 

 6 pert in dlstributlog the gravel « es Melralcks Sljetta 

 end Lang^nes both are frequently subjaoted to severe 

 ie@ blooicades in the spring of the yeer ( 24, p. 270 ; 

 18,p,67). 



In general, the gravel zones era sooewhat 

 ahosler then the adjsieent sandy zon^^a. In one plaoe 

 (latitude 66 degrees 25*5 xtdiwtes N., Ixtngitude 15 

 degrees 33 ainutes .». ) a slightly shoeler feer of gravel 

 intrudes into end partially cuts off send- and Bad-filled 

 Thistil Fjord, It would Qppi»&T thet the gravel wes de- 

 posited later than the sand, thereby indieating that 

 gravel sioveaieat iaey be going on at the present time, or, 

 at least, quite r«eently, 



Bathvaetrr Off the Ijortheaster n Coast of leAand 

 The bsthyisbatry off the northeastern eo«st of 

 leeland is chereeterized by alternating deeps and banks, 

 wueh the s«»i as those occurring, off the northern ooast. 

 As ahoi^n on B»A»j^65, these deeps anci banks, from north- 

 west to southei-;>@t, are: LanganeadJ&p (X^inganes Z^b on 

 B.A«297^), langanesgrunn (Lsnganes Tkmk on B,A.2973), 

 B8klcatiard8rdi4p (Bakica FIM l^iyb on B. A. 2978), Vopna- 

 fjardargrunn (Me nans on B.A.2978;, Hlradsdj^p (HJersds 

 JTlHi i^b on B,4.297S), aiettinga nesgrunn (Ho naae on 

 B,A,2976}, »nfi iieydisfjardardjtp (No naae on 8,A,2978), 



