534 H. W. Moncldon — On some Sardanger Lakes. 



embankments on either side, and rather more than a mile from the 

 fjord we reach a lake, the Eidfjord Vand. Its depth is 246 feet, 

 the surface is 56 feet above the sea, and the bottom is therefore 190' 

 feet below the surface of the fjord. These figures are from a paper 

 by Amund Helland ;^ in other cases I have done my best to obtain 

 accurate figures, but have sometimes had to rely on my pocket 

 aneroid. 



Fig. 1. — Sketch Map of Vik i Eidfjokd. 



A, the great moi'aiue on the east of the river ; B, the portion of the great moraine- 

 on the west of the riyer ; C, space of bare rock to seaward of the great- 

 moraine ; D, the shelf, probably a fragment of the great moraine ; E, the 

 terrace upon which Vik i Eidfjord Church stands ; F, the 10 feet terrace upon 

 which the hotels stand. 



On looking at the map (Fig. 1) it is clear that almost the whole 

 of the material of which all these terraces are formed must have 

 come down the valley and over the lake, the length of which is- 

 2|^ miles, and it must consequently have been brought whilst the 

 ice had possession of the lake. 



The highest terrace is on the east side of the valley, and if we 

 mount to its top we find ourselves on a large plain, say one mile- 



^ " Dybderne i nogle indsjoer," etc. : Norges. Geol. Ilndersogel, 1894, p. 93. 



