^52 STATISTICS RELATIVE TO NORWEGIAN MOUNTAINS, 



LengtJi and breadth of the ])rincipal lakes in Norway — Continued. 





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Name and location of lakes. 



Length 



Engli 

 miles. 



Breadth 



Englis 

 miles. 



Height above the sea in 



English feet. 



Sjakervand, or Skjakervand, 



6.08 



0.76 



1,541, Schult. 





west of the Skjakerfjeld, 











amt of North Drontheim. 











Nordmandslaagen-sjo,the head 



7.16 



0.76 



4,153, Keilhau, 1845. 





waters of Logenelv, upon 











the mountain plateau of Har- 











danger, Hardanger, amt of 











South Bergenhus. 











THE SNOW-LINE. 



Altitude of the snow-line above the level of the sea. 



Upon the mountains south of Ottevand, in Gudbrands- 



dal, in about 62° latitude 4,825 feet; Brock. 



Upon the Dovre mountains in 61° of latitude 5,353 ; Naumann. 



At Gjardesdal, Mauranger, in the district of Hardanger, 



amt of South Bergenhus, in latitude 60° 3,575; Sese, 1859. 



At Lodalskaupe, at Nordf jord, in the amt of North Ber- 

 genhus, in latitude 62° 5,542 ; Yon Buch ; 5,414 ; Bohr. 



In the mountains about Storhougen, between Lyster and 

 lustedal. Inner Sogn, amt of North Bergenhus, in lati- 

 tude 61° _ 5,353; Keilhau. 



In the mountain range between lolster, at Sondfjord and 

 Invigsf jord, at Nordfjord, amt of North Bergenhus, 

 latitude 61° 4,117; Naumann. 



Upon the west side of the island of Seiland, amt of Fin- 

 mark, latitude 70° 5' 2,965; Keilhau. 



The mean height of the snow-line upon the island of Sei- 

 land, latitude 70° 5' 3,088; Keilhau. 



The height of the snow-line as established by Professor Leopold von Buck. 



Commencing under latitude 60° 00', at 5,661 feet over, the sea. 

 Commencing under latitude 61° 00', at 5,353 feet over the sea. 

 Commencing under latitude 62° 30', at 5,012 feet over the sea. 

 Commencing under latitude 63° 30', at 4,632 feet over the sea. 

 Commencing under latitude 67° 00', at 3,705 feet over the sea. 

 Commencing under latitude 70° 00', at 3,397 feet over the sea. 

 Commencing under latitude 71° 00', at North Cape, 2,265 feet over the sea. 



Explanation of terms and names of mountains. 



Aas, common name of a lower mountain-back or ridge, often covered with timber. This 



term is rarely used in the north of Norway. 

 Berg, bjerg, mountain ; the former more common. 

 Brat, a very steep mountain. This term is only used in the south of Norway. Sometimes 



it means a high moirntain, seen some distance at sea ; mostly used by seamen and pilots. 



In the north the word roe denotes the same. 

 Bra, bre, fond, mountains covered by eternal snow or ice. Brte mostly means ice-covered, 



such as Josteretatsbrseen. Fond always means snow-covered. Folgefond. 

 Fjeld, mountain. Common term all through the country. 

 Fond, see Brae. 



