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despite the fact that the mountains do not exceed 1000 — 1200 metres 

 in height. The dip to the sea is usually very sheer, often impossible 

 to climb, but not very high. At about at right angles to the 

 coast-line a number of valleys intrude, rather short but com- 

 paratively very deep and broad, and often filled with huge 

 glaciers. Islands outside the coast only occur in small num- 

 ber; the tendency to develop longitudinal valleys has obviously 

 been very weak M. The highest peaks lie somewhat inland, but 





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Fig. 6. Liverpool Land, JEastern coast, a little i\. of G. Greg. Typical 



appearance of the steep, pointed, archæan mountains. 



(From a sketch by E. Ditlevsen.) 



only at a short distance from the shore, and rise in strange 

 wildness, often almost perpendicularly, as, for instance, the 

 Church Mountain mentioned by Scoresby. They are separated 

 from one another by deep corries and giddy, bold ridges. The 

 ice-covering is very extensive but not prevalent even inland. 



it is plain that we have here a particularly fine example 

 of the type of pointed mountains which, in their contrast to 

 other, usually lowish districts with rounded hills, are described by 



') Even C.Greg is situated on u peninsula; Scoresby's map is then correct 

 also in this point. 



