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Dorothea M. A. Bate — Ossiferous Deposits 



Menorca (Text-fig. 2) is the most easterly of the group and lies 

 27 miles from Mallorca, from which it differs greatly in many important 

 respects. It has an extreme length of 49 kilometres with a greatest 

 width of 21 kilometres. The coastline is said to measure over 

 200 kilometres. An imaginary line may be drawn from a point on 

 the coast some miles to the north-east of Cabo Eajoli throughout 

 the length of the island to Mahon in the south-east. To the north 

 and' east of this lies a low, broken country of divers formations 

 in isolated strips. These include several outcrops of Jurassic 

 Limestone, one of which forms the highest point of the island, 

 Monte Toro, which attains a height of a little over 1,100 feet. 

 To the west and south of this imaginary line the island is entirely 

 composed of Miocene Limestone. This forms a flat-topped plateau 

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CaOo cahaleria 



Acaiaya cfe Fornelfs 



La Mola 



ESZI Miocene LimestdnB. W///M \ Jurassic Llmestcne 



Author's route. 



^ > Ossiferous dep.osits. 



Fig. 2. Sketch-map of Menorca. 



averaging about 200 feet in height. Especially at no great distance 



from its coastal edge this country is cut by innumerable barrancos, 



which arealmost all narrow and range from a few hundred yards to 



several miles in length ; many have precipitous sides, which may 



attain as much as 200 feet in height. 



Seven ossiferous deposits were discovered, all within the Miocene 



Limestone area and all close to the sea. The following is a list of the 



localities: — i -p' m tt- • t. ■ ,• 



lissm-e, Torre Vieja, Ba]oh. 



Small fissure, Sestracarias, Bajoli. 



Fissure, Sestrucarias, Bajoli. 



Ossiferous deposit near Ciudadela Lighthouse. 



Ossiferous deposit in cliffs south of Ciudadela. 



Cave near Santa Galdana Barranco. 



Ossiferous deposit near Cala de Binidali. 



