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to 3t ^les and loBaedlstely laoreeses agalji, Jumt beyoof! 

 tMs point it l8 joioeci by Qiioth«r b«lt of i^avel of 

 equ&l widths approaohlng from t)if« ««st end 9outhe«)8t« Th« 

 suttior oennot aooount foji' this gr«®t amount of ^evel 

 exeept to sugigest %h&% it may hev@ himn fomed by wav* 

 erosion on roolsy terraia exposed on the shelf, op ©t 

 loast brouj:j;lit witjain wsi^ve bese, vgh^n thB seslsyel was 

 loweired at %h«i &nA of thm i-Xioeene @pooh. 



S«ad ffii&ntlfrjR tia« shelf east ot this gravel for 

 88 tar aa th& oii(3irt ^xt^aids. A belt of sand 3 to 6 miles 

 wid& also ijiterveaea bE>1»i»€ien th& ^@v@l and tii« coest 

 southweat of Keydar fjord. 



Two large ardsis in which %hn sedlxaanta, teafl 

 and gravel alike, oontsin sjhella oecur on tho 8b<ilf lieraw 

 Ona of the^ae, shaped roughly like ^n Isose^les triangle 

 with the east<-i»«st altituds noaauring 12 milea and th® 

 north-south basa, 7 uil«s, lias offshore jUBt north of 

 Keydar Fjord* The oth«r, irr®gul©r-shap9d,ere8,K»«suria|r 

 17 alias northwast-80utha«st by 16 miles eest-weatyConnMSioes 

 at the rook threahold of laslcrud Pjord and axt&nd.<» soutlH 

 ward and southwastw^rd aliaost to Beru Fjord. South of 

 this a nuE&bar of p&tches and Sia»ll ereas of shelly bottoai 

 are so&ttar&d over the sh^lf. 



IfUBarous reefs and rooky shoals are found on 

 the shelf at vi^rying, nod sosi«»tijuus3 considerable, distanoes 



