. Geological magazine . i Eidfjord, and it has been filled up withgravel, sand, etc., almost to the edge pf the main valley, so that thereis but a small bay or indent in the fjord at its mouth. From the fjord one sees a series of step terraces rising one abovethe other, the highest being on the east side with a flat top and ofconsiderable extent. If we follow the river up from its mouth we find that it has cuta channel through all the terraces, which look like great railway ^ Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxxiii, p. 142. 2 Maerker eften en listid ; 4to ; Christiania, 1866. 534 H. W. Moncldon—O
. Geological magazine . i Eidfjord, and it has been filled up withgravel, sand, etc., almost to the edge pf the main valley, so that thereis but a small bay or indent in the fjord at its mouth. From the fjord one sees a series of step terraces rising one abovethe other, the highest being on the east side with a flat top and ofconsiderable extent. If we follow the river up from its mouth we find that it has cuta channel through all the terraces, which look like great railway ^ Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxxiii, p. 142. 2 Maerker eften en listid ; 4to ; Christiania, 1866. 534 H. W. Moncldon—On some Sardanger Lakes. embankments on either side, and rather more than a mile from thefjord we reach a lake, the Eidfjord Vand. Its depth is 246 feet,the surface is 56 feet above the sea, and the bottom is therefore 190feet below the surface of the fjord. These figures are from a paperby Amund Helland ;^ in other cases I have done my best to obtainaccurate figures, but have sometimes had to rely on my Fig. 1.—Sketch Map of Vik i Eidfjokd. A, the great moiaiue on the east of the river ; B, the portion of the great moraine-on the west of the riyer; C, space of bare rock to seaward of the great-moraine ; D, the shelf, probably a fragment of the great moraine; E, theterrace upon which Vik i Eidfjord Church stands ; F, the 10 feet terrace uponwhich the hotels stand. On looking at the map (Fig. 1) it is clear that almost the wholeof the material of which all these terraces are formed must havecome down the valley and over the lake, the length of which is-2|^ miles, and it must consequently have been brought whilst theice had possession of the lake. The highest terrace is on the east side of the valley, and if wemount to its top we find ourselves on a large plain, say one mile- ^ Dybderne i nogle indsjoer, etc.: Norges. Geol. Ilndersogel, 1894, p. 93. H. W. Moncldon—On some Hardancjer Lakes. 535 long and half a mile wide, with a slight slope to the sea. It exte
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