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strong tendency to 

 assume pyramidal 

 shape, as shown on 

 fig. 16 and also on 

 the typical fig. 17. 



Canning Land 

 (formerly "Canning 

 Island") presents in 

 the extremeSE. near- 

 est Liverpool Land 

 a very different ap- 

 pearance and at 

 least in details al- 

 most vies with Li- 

 verpool Land in its 

 wild and broken to- 

 pography. The whole 

 peninsula consists 

 of a number of nar- 

 row, isolated ridges 

 and cones, not of 

 true peaks, divided 

 by deep and very 

 typical corries, and 

 also by ordinary 

 crevices. The slope 

 towards the sea is 

 very steep, and in 

 detail all the heights 

 are sharply moulded 

 out in peaks and 

 ridges (cfr. also fig. 3). 

 This topography is 

 connected with the 



