The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . Vol. 54.] THE GEOLOGY OF FRANZ JOSEF LAND. 627 to a height of about 200 feet. At the top of the cliffs is aplateau which slopes northward and finally ends in a low was visited by U8 in May 1897, when the surface was coveredwith snow, so that very little could be seen. * Hooker Island. To this I refer here merely in order to draw attention to theremarkably perfect, curved, basin-like structure of the columnarbasalt, of which I have endeavoured to convey some idea in theappended sketch (fig. 5). Fig. 0.— View of headland at the
The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . Vol. 54.] THE GEOLOGY OF FRANZ JOSEF LAND. 627 to a height of about 200 feet. At the top of the cliffs is aplateau which slopes northward and finally ends in a low was visited by U8 in May 1897, when the surface was coveredwith snow, so that very little could be seen. * Hooker Island. To this I refer here merely in order to draw attention to theremarkably perfect, curved, basin-like structure of the columnarbasalt, of which I have endeavoured to convey some idea in theappended sketch (fig. 5). Fig. 0.— View of headland at the north-western extremity ofHooTcer Island, showing curved structure of columnar basalt. rj??rr33:upssr\s^. Eaton Island is a small low islet, apparently composed of rounded basalticstones and shingle, being little more than a shoal protruding abovethe level of the sea. Bruce Island lies about 8 miles north-west of Northbrook Island. It is irre-gularly oval in shape, measuring about 12 miles from north tosouth and 10 from east to west. It is remarkable as being entirelysurrounded by an ice-face, from 10 to 60 or 70 feet in height, andas having only small portions of its surface exposed. The slopesasceud from the ice-cliff until at about the elevation of 1000 feetthe snow-surface forms a more or less level, slightly undulatingplateau. Depressions in the general surface give some indicationsof the configuration of the land. At a short distance from the ice-face (100 to 300 yards) the actual surface is occasionally exposed,and smaller points of rock protrude at different levels on the ?2 ^ 60 g1^ CO •i-i PC4
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