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to the sound from E. to W. (cf. fig. 13). I had an opportunity 

 of examining a lew of them. In all these the bottom at the 

 entrance lies at about the same height, about 200 m, and in front 

 of this level there is a slope towards the sea, which only forms 

 a continuation of the normal fjord wall. Possibly the sea stood 

 at about this level when the main formation of the cirques took 

 place. Through this slope the river IVom the cirque has cut 

 its way down in a deep chasm, and in front of at least one of 



Fig 13. Cirque л alley in basalt mountains on the SE. shore of Turner 



Sund. To the left is seen the river chasm ending another similar 



cirque valley. (Nordenskjold phot. July 1900.) 



the valleys we find a kind of delta formed by the masses of 

 -'ravel that the river has carried down and discharged. In all 

 ihe valleys we find a tendency to turn ofï from the SE. direction 

 towards the S. Supervening side-valleys, also cirque shaped, 

 only occur subordinately; one of the valleys is split up into 

 two digital arms by a long projecting spur. 



The length of the valleys seems to vary between 3 and 8 km; 

 in the valley I examined most closely it was 5 km. while the 



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