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shown that its north-east and east coasts have only lately- 

 been made known by Larsen's second voyage, whilst the 

 west coast was seen first by Biscoe, then again by Dall- 

 mann. and quite lately by Evensen, who also was the 

 first to see Alexander Land aorain. 



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If Larsen's observations are correct, the small island 

 bearing his name must be regarded as the northernmost 

 point of a group of islands situated in front of the north- 

 ern coast of Graham's Land, which has not yet been 

 sighted. This island lies in latitude 64° 45' S. and 

 longitude 60° 8' W., and is the last link of the chain of 

 Seal Islands extending from north-west to south-east. Its 

 nearest neighbour is the Greater Jason Island, then the 

 smaller islets named Hertha, Castor and Oceana Isles, 

 and finally Robertson Island, of very considerable size, 

 whose loftiest summit is situated, according to Larsen's 

 measurements, in latitude 65 20' S. and longitude 58° 

 4;' W. In the immediate neighbourhood of the north-east 

 coast of this island, in latitude 64 50' S. and longitude 

 59° W., lies the volcano Christensen, and to the north- 

 east of it the conical-shaped Lindenberg Mountain, which 

 is also volcanic. 



To the south of these islands rises the north-east 

 coast of Graham's Land, named by Larsen, its discoverer, 

 King Oscar II.'s Land. It stretches from the neigh- 

 bourhood of the eastern Seal Islands in a S.S.W. direction 

 as far as latitude 65° 40' S., where it forms the base of 

 a considerable elevation, viz., the Jason Mountain, which 

 forms a peninsula projecting far into the sea, and adjoin- 

 ing a bay which penetrates deep into the land. From 

 the middle of it rises the lofty Wetter Island, and in the 

 far background Larsen saw at a great distance Foyn 

 Land, a mountainous country, consisting apparently of 

 four mountain ridges. (These he places in the region of 

 latitude 66° 25' to 66° 42' S., and longitude 61 ° 48' to 

 6i° 50' W.) To the south of this region, in latitude 



