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of sand lies along ^h» shoTB^ Sand also oorers the bottoa 



of the eoeloaod basin for a distaooe of almost t\fo milm 



weet tT<m the westara edge of the rook thre ahold, How> 



ever, by far the greater part of th@ bottom is covered 



with Mid. 



StSdvar Fiord and Breiddals Vile, aethymetry aafl 

 Botto^SediiBenty ' ' ' 



StE<]Tar f jordi &a& Br«id4«3ls Vile, the two 

 aaall indentations south of Faslsmd Fjord, arm oompe- 

 ratively shallow. Stodv^r Fjord retsohas 30 fathoas at 

 the deepest, while asoot of Breiddala Vile lies above 

 25 fathoiaa* A sulmiarine irell&y heading into Breiddals 

 Vik coat£>ina a hole 63 fathoias deep; this, however, lien 

 4ust outside the bey. 



Both StSdvsr Fjord and B»eiddsls Vik have 

 bbM bott<»as. In fireiddals ?iJlc a ?.one of roolca and 

 rociqr islets up to on@ mile wide sidLrts the entire souttii- 

 •astern shore, while separate reefs eas^end the aaaa di»- 

 tanoe ia^ the bay frosa the northern shore. The linssr 

 shape of these reefs sUi(>,i'Sx.a vats'.- -liay be saissoerged 

 dikes, suoh as oeour to the southet^at in Beru Fjord. 

 Beru yjord. Bathymetry and Bottom aediiaeata 



jaeru Fjord, the southernmost of the fjords 

 in this section, aTereges Ig Kdles in vidth Ba& extends 

 U miles inland. Unlike the fjords ju£«t deseribed, Bera 

 Fjord has no siJBgle enolosed basin behind a proamtneed 



