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Fig. 6. Hoyberg.
Det var det sidste, vi saa af Jan Mayen. Taagen
indhyllede atter alt Vi lik Intet ^t se af Sydkysten eller
Sydostkysten, idet vi styrede videre sydvestover.
Billedet, Fig. 7, der viser Jan Mayen i Vinterdragt,
seet fra Nordvest, skyldes en Tegning af Lieutenant i den
norske Marine S. Ring, der som Fører af Sælfangeren
•’Capella" har havt Anledning til at se Jan Mayen klar
fra denne Kant. Man ser paa Skraaningen ned mod
Nordostkap Krater Sars, man øjner de store Isbræer paa
Nordsiden, Cap Nordvest og Mayens Korsnes vende mod
Tilskueren, den låve Del af Øen paa Midten og Sydlandets
Højder træde klart. frem. Beerenbergs Krater viser sig
med indsunket Rand paa Nordsiden, og derunder en vid
Dal eller Kjedel, hvorfra de. store Nordbræer tage sit
Udspring.
eruptive origin. The precipitous declivities facing the sea
extend to Cape South-West. Here there is a "gate," or
natural excavation, in the mountain-wall, through which the
sea passes. Off the promontory rise the Seven Rocks,
with their rugged, fantastic contours.
This was the last we saw of Jan Mayen. The fog
had again begun to thicken, and soon shrouded everything
from view. Nothing could be seen of either the south or
the south-east coast as we steamed ahead on a
southwesterly course.
For the prospect (Fig. 7) of Jan Mayen in its winter
garb, as seen from the north-west, we are indebted to a
drawing from the pencil of Lieutenant S. Ring, R. N.,
who, when commanding the sealer "Capella," sketched this
part of the island on a clear day. We have Sars’s crater,
on the slope shelving towards Cape North-East: we see,
too, the great glaciers on the north side, also Cape
North-West and Muyen’s Cross Cape, in a line with the point
of view; and the low tract of the island, with the heights
of the southern part, are boldly defined in the picture.
The crater of Beerenberg, with its sunken edge on the north
side, is also seen, and lower down a huge, cauldron-shaped
depression, from which the great northern glaciers take
their origin.
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