. British Antarctic expedition, 1907-9, under the command of Shackleton : reports on the scientific investigations ; geology. Fig. 1. INACCESSIBLE ISLAND ON LEFT, PART OF TENT ISLAND ON RIGHT,LOOKING NORTH. TENT ISLAND IS ABOUT -liio FEET HIGH. Fio. 2. TENT ISLAND ON LEFT, INACCESSIBE ISLAND ON RIGHT, LOOKING \^Tofacep. 22-t THE DELLBRIDGE ISLANDS 225 were much weathered. From theu- shattered condition it seems probable that theyhad fallen from the higher slopes of the island, where there may be kenyte in situ, orwhere they may have been part of a mantle of moraine debris. On Novem
. British Antarctic expedition, 1907-9, under the command of Shackleton : reports on the scientific investigations ; geology. Fig. 1. INACCESSIBLE ISLAND ON LEFT, PART OF TENT ISLAND ON RIGHT,LOOKING NORTH. TENT ISLAND IS ABOUT -liio FEET HIGH. Fio. 2. TENT ISLAND ON LEFT, INACCESSIBE ISLAND ON RIGHT, LOOKING \^Tofacep. 22-t THE DELLBRIDGE ISLANDS 225 were much weathered. From theu- shattered condition it seems probable that theyhad fallen from the higher slopes of the island, where there may be kenyte in situ, orwhere they may have been part of a mantle of moraine debris. On November 14th the north-western point of the island was visited by a seal-killing party en route for Tent Island in the motor car, and this portion of theisland consists entirely of a massive flow of basalt with small porphyritic felspars,which appears to be dipping to the south. Tent Island. Tent Island is nearly rectangular in shape, and is nowhere morethan 400 feet high. It was visited on November 14th by a motoring party sent outafter specimens of young seals. Ferrar describes its geology in the GeologicalMemoir of the National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-4, as follows :— The lowest rock exposed is a basalt agglomerate, which occupies the lo
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