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eossts of Iceland* 



Just outside tills bar lies en oval ar«8 of 

 rook bottom, ta»ns\XTine 5 ailofli l(»g parallel to the her 

 end 2^ miles wide* Another erea of reef 9 and rook bottom 

 fyctsnds 2^ ffilles to seannsrd tT(m the point, Mv^laaee, 

 a bout ten Mies south of Alfta ?jord. Aeeordini^ to 

 Thoroddseii*8 geologie»l ump (25)» the roek Qom.pomiRg 

 the point is liparite* Presymsbly, therefore!;, the rook' 

 ooHposlns the offshore reefs is likewise llparite. 



Eileveii end one h@lf x&il@s aouthwest of livalsMtea 

 lies another, fi»ell@r eree of rook bott<»a off the aorthr* 

 •astern side of the prcsuontory, Vestrshorn. Thoroddsen*p 

 iBsp (25) shows g#bbro here. 



Frtm Hv&Iiines an offshore bar extends aouth- 

 westirard to Vestrshorn. Two embsyaents «re enolosed behind 

 it. Lons Fjord (name shown on B .A. 29^0) is apparently shut 

 off eoapletely, while iaps I'jord is nearly so. Ko Infor- 

 8»tion is sYeilsbXe on the nat-ure of the bottoia sediments 

 in these b^ys. 



The ahelf l?et>^een llaiaars /iQ^;^4 , ^^"-^ yestrahora. BottCTs 



:^d.i£ie"nt'3 ' ' " " <■«-<-•■•'•-• 



With certain exceptions, to be given below, 

 sand covers the grester potion of the shelf in this 

 section. A auvbez* of p^itohes sad aaiall areas of shelly 

 bott<»a occur scattered throughout send and grev^il zones 

 slike. 



