THE FÂ'llOER ISLANDS. 



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present the same mugnffieeut disposition of regular columns as we see in StafFu and 

 Eathlm. These basalt rocks date probably from the miocène period, and of the 

 same age are possibly the sedimentary carboniferous formations of Sudero ("South 



Fig. 11. — The Faroeu Islands. 

 Scale 1 : 2,000,000. 



5 Miles. 



Island ") and the islets of Mogenas and Tindholm. Some of the cliffs are hollowed 

 into grottoes and caverns, and one island is pierced right through like the eye of a 

 needle, whence its name, Mso ("Needle Island"). It may be crossed at low 

 water beneath a vault .1,000 feet in thickness. 

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