SCANDINAVIAN ISLANDS. 



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to marine and other animals, and even in the British Isles many similar formations 

 still bear the name of calres given, them by the Norse invaders. Such are the 

 Calf, near the southern headland of the Isle of Man, and tlie Cow and Calves at the 

 entrance to Cork Harbour. 



The islands are most numerous and lofty in the northern province of Troraso, 

 at several points continuing the true ridge of the mainland far seawards. Thus 

 the Xjolen proper is low enough east of the chain of mountains forming the island 

 of Senjen and the Vester Aalen and Lofoten archipelagos, which project towards 

 the south- west, gradually receding from the mainland, and thus forming a large 



Fig. 38. — Archipelago of Islets in the Norwegian Skjargaard. 

 Scale 1 : 910,000. 



6 8' 





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Sunk Kocks. 



10 Miles. 



gulf known as the Vest-fiord. Some of the summits of these islands exceed 

 3,300 feet, one in the Hindo, the largest of the Lofotens, attaining a height of 

 5,000 feet. The ridges are extremely sharp, and the contrast between the 

 northern and southern slopes is very striking — on one side rich flowery meads, on 

 the other bare or moss-grown rocks, with here and there a few tufts of heather. 



The Lofoten shores, alive with thousands of craft during the fishing season, 



are much dreaded, owing to their fogs, storms, and strong tides. All have heard 



of the mael-strom, or Mosko-strom, which rushes in between the islands of Mosken 



and Moskenœs to meet the ebbing tide of the Vest-fiord. But there are many 



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