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of clay, in which are sometimes found marine shells; these, 

 however, have not yet been classed. Along the coast, for- 

 mations of dune-sand are extensive. Foreign boulders occur 

 here and there, but are rather subordinate. Further inland, 

 10 km and more from the coast, they seem to be wanting 

 altogether. Noteworthy was a very large boulder lying near 

 the shore, 15 m long, 10 m broad, and 5 m high in the part 

 above the ground (fig. 24, "vandreblok" on the map). 



Fig. 21 Big boulder on the W с о i "\ .laim-^on Land, probably trans- 

 ported by an iceberg. (G. Kruuse phot. 17: 8: 1900.) 



The topography here is as simple as it is interesting. 

 Outside the coast-line lies a broad plateau, which is so shallow 

 and shelving that a landing is only possible at high water. 

 At the shore itself there is usually a 6 to 15 m declination, 

 consisting of sand. This type of coast is very conspicuous on 

 fig. 25. Within this embankment there is now and again a 

 depression, or else a terrace plateau begins at once, rising 

 \ery slowly, scarcely 100 m in 5 to 10 kilometres. This terrace, 

 save furthest in towards the NE. bay, where the land is lower 

 and more connected, is cut up nearest the coast by innumerable 

 'horl, deep, sheer river valleys, which — at least at that season 

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