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estimated the boundary between the rounded and
angular configuration, i. e. the ancient glacier
coastline, to vary between 3000 and 4000 feet. This
refers to the mainland, and must be taken for what
it is worth as mere passing eye measurement, liable
of course to a certain range of error.[1]
On crossing over to the Lofodens the limits of
this glacial coast-line present a remarkable change,
the significance of which depends upon the peculiar
distribution of these islands. A glance at the map
shows that they form an irregular line stretching
from north-east to south-west, that the northern
islands—such as Senjenö, Andö, Hindö, Langö,
&c.—are larger and nearer to the coast than the
southern islands; that these southern islands thin
out and diverge from the coast till the
southernmost, beyond Vaerö, i. e. such as Röst, &c.—are
mere blocks of rock projecting from the sea, and
as much as fifty or sixty miles from the mainland.
These are the jagged angular spikes and
crystal-like projections that I saw upon the horizon
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