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J. G. ANDERSSON. 
(Schwed. Südpolar-Exp. 
The working out of my notes from the Falkland Islands has recalled to my 
memory the good fellowship that I enjoyed with Dr. Skottsberg during our joint 
excursions in those desolate but interesting islands to which he has now returned 
with another companion. 
Geographical features of the Falkland Islands. 
The Falkland Island group, situated in the South Atlantic between 51° — 53° S. 
and 57°40' — 61 ”30' W. consists of two large and a great number of small islands. 
Only some few of these smaller islands have any considerable extent, as is the case 
with Lively I. on the SE. coast, Speedwell and George Islands in the southern 
entrance of Falkland Sound and Pebble, Keppel and Saunders Islands on the north 
coast and especially the large Weddell I. on the west coast of W. Falkland; all 
the rest are small islets or rocks. 
The area of the whole group is 16,384 km^ 
Ifast Falkland Island is for the greater part covered by low, slightly undulating 
land with flat coasts. In E. — W. direction there runs across the island a mountain 
range, the Wickham Heights, 400 — 500 m. high. Mount Usborne near the west 
coast rising to 680 m. The large southwestern peninsulq, nearly cut off from the 
main island by Choiseul Sound and Brenton Loch is almost completely flat land, 
less than 40 m. high. 
West P'alkland is in general higher than the eastern island and in many places 
its coast forms high, precipitous cliffs (fig. i). No such marked mountain-range here 
occurs as in East Falkland, but isolated moimtains are met with in all parts of the 
island, the highest being Mount Adam, 694 m. high. 
Fig. I. Stephens Bluff. Sea-cliff' at the south coast of JV. Falkland. 
A striking feature of the Falkland Islands is the numerous big bays that indent 
the two large islands on all sides. On the east coast of E. Falkland the bays run 
parallel to the E. — W. strike of the folded rock. This is the case with Berkeley 
Sound, Stanley Harbour, Port Harriet, Port Fitzroy, Port Pleasant and Choiseul 
Sound. In other parts of the island group, where the strike of the rock is less 
