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flanked syisBietrloelly by belts of aaad, eofpriag thm 



4* ^tielle in the se<lim<»nta ere no»t alMuaAant 

 off tiie wsstern coeat »nd off the weBtern he If of th« 

 southern coast, Appar«atly the shelf off the aorfchern 

 ooast iB almost d<^old of ahella. This veristion may 

 be due to th© effect of the Irailng«r Current, a hr&hch 

 of the Oulf Stree^a which circles I0@1©M la a clocJcwlse 

 dixsotioa, 



5. Bm&T&l bolts of fiae m^ilmi&ikt t^rmml ^^ooai*" 

 on the eh«rta lid on Xh^ sh9lf off the southeastern 

 const. It is not kaowa If this Is orgsaic or Inorgenlc. 



6. Bottom notatioha indicate thf pr^aenea of 

 coral elohg all coasts except the southern coast and tte 

 southern h#lf of th«» western coeat, "^t occurs Inside the 

 fjords, on the open coast closs in to shore, end i^t oon- 

 aXdorable dlstenoas offshore, out on the »helf« 



It is aot definitely Icnoim whathar this is 

 living or fossil oorel. Despite the cold-weter environ- 

 aoat, it may very w&ll be living, i^lnee living coloniel 

 forms hflve beon found in cold watcers in other parts of 

 the world. 



7. The shelf off &11 coasts is trenched by 

 vfide, deep sutaoarine valleys which continue outwsrd from 

 the fjords end bays indenting the ooasts. Those velleys. 



