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Vattarnes ( 21 /s) . . 

 Eskifjordur ( 13 /s) 



( 24 /8) 



Nordfjdrdur ( 27 /s) . 

 Mjoifjordur ( 3 %) . 

 Seydisfjordur ( 7 /s) 



( 8 /8) 



( 31 /8) 

 (79) 

 ( 3 /9) 



Borgarfjordur ( 4 /9) 

 Vopnafjordur ( 5 /9) 



Temp, of the 

 surface (C°) 



8.5 

 9.3 

 5.0 

 5.0 



5.0 



7.5 

 6.5 

 9.5 

 7.5 

 8.0 

 8.5 

 7.8 

 7.5 

 7.0 

 7.0 

 6.5 

 7.1 

 7.5 



Salinity 



°/oo " 



34.58 

 1.31 

 6.73 



23.71 



34.45 



34.45 

 33.00 

 9.23 

 22.01 

 22.01 

 25.04 

 30.65 

 31.96 

 34.45 

 34.45 

 33.01 

 34.45 

 33.27 



near land. 



in the fjord, after rain, 

 near land, outflowing current, 

 out in the fjord, in outflowing 



current, 

 out in the fjord, in inflowing 



current, 

 near land, 

 at Brekka. 

 head of the fjord. 



out in the fjord. 



at Skalanes. 

 at Brimnes. 

 at Dvergasteinn. 

 out in the fjord, 

 near land. 



From the most westerly part of the north coast and from the 

 northern part of the north-west coast as also from Brei5ifjor5ur 

 measurements are to hand of the temperature and salinity of the 

 ocean at various depths in the interior of the fjords taken by 

 Bjarni Ssemundsson (Fiskirannsoknir, 1908, Andvari, XXXIV arg.) 

 of which the following are given: — 



Depth 

 North coast, in metres 



Steingrimsfjordur ( 31 A) 



15 

 30 

 55 



Steingrimsfjordur ( 2 /s) 



15 



35 



70 



100 



Hrutafjor6ur ( 7 /s) 



15 

 30 

 44 

 North-west coast, 



Mjoifjordur, the inner part ( 20 /7) 



25 

 50 



Temp. 

 C° 



Salinity 

 °/oo 



10.8 



27.4 



9.7 





9.2 



34.3 



3.2 



34.5 



10.6 



34.0 



9.9 





7.8 



34.6 



5.8 



34.7 



4.2 



34.7 



7.5 



34.6 



6.0 





4.8 



34.7 



4.5 



35.0 



11.8 



30.6 



6.5 



34.5 



3.2 



34.9 



