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divisions, viz. an inner part, including chiefly the surroundings 

 of the fjords, and an outer, the real coast with its islands. 

 While the central mass, presumably quite independent of the 

 generally very monotonous nature of the rock, is rather uniform 

 in its configuration, the districts that are occupied by the two 

 latter divisions vary very much topographically, in which re- 

 spect, as we shall see, they show that they are largely dependent 

 on the variations of the rock. 



In consideration of this variation, we can set out in our 

 description from a somewhat divergent and more detailed classi- 

 fication, and herewith distinguish the following types: 

 The coast-border: Liverpool Land Type (Archaean rock). 



Basalt Territories. 



Type of sedimentary rocks. 



Jameson Land Type (Quaternary). 

 The central mass. 



1. Liverpool Land^). We will begin with the description 

 of the part, the topography of which shows the strongest con- 

 trasts, a type which, in these districts, recurs especially in Liver- 

 pool Land or the large "island" of Archaean rock that forms 

 the stretch of coast between Scoresby Sund and Davy Sund. 

 This tract, discovered and described by Scoresby, has since 

 been visited by Nathorst, who gives a characteristic picture 

 of its external coast^), which is also seen on the picture op- 

 posite, from a sketch by Ditlevsen (F^ig, 6), as well as on the 

 attached painting PI. XIF. 



No words could describe the wonderful wildness of this coast 

 as it first strikes the eye as you approach it from the sea, and in this 

 respect it is scarcely excelled by any other stretch of coast, and that 



') In all previous descriptions this tract has been called by the name 

 given by Scoresby, Liverpool Coast. This designation, however, is 

 evidently inappropriate for the whole peninsula, and should be changed 

 to Liverpool Land. 



-) In his "Tvâ somrar i norra ishafvet", II, 194. 



