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attempt which will rest more on a geographical than a geological 

 basis (Fig. 6). 



By its situation Greenland belongs to America, but it cannot 

 be denied that there are many European features in the geological 

 structure of the country. 



Fig. 6 



I. The southern gneiss area. — This area comprises the whole of 

 south Greenland to the south of 70° N. lat. The country rock, with 

 some few exceptions, consists of gneiss and granite. As will be 

 seen from the profiles, the surface slopes from south to north. 

 The east coast, however, is, on the whole, somewhat higher than the 

 west coast. The regions round Angmagssalik must be regarded as a 

 separate unit. Morphologically all gradations are found from a 

 pronounced alpine topography in the south to quite low plains in 

 the north. Almost everywhere the rocks consist of a uniform Light 

 gneiss (Archean), but in the south numerous bathoUths (Algonkian ? 



