The earth and its inhabitants .. . earthitsinhabita00recl Year: 1890 FLORES. 207 tain is at present quiescent, but at its foot are numerous thermal springs, through which the subterranean heats still manifest themselves. Near the village of Gfeliting on the north coast, mention is made of another crater, which, however, has not yet been identified. South of the Tanjong Bunga, or ' Promontory of Flowers,' whence the Portu- Fig. 86.—Laeantuka Steait. Scale 1 : 1,000,000. I22°40- Eaçb oF Green wi ch I25°30- I)epths. 0 to 5 Fathoms. .5 to 100 Fathoms. 100 to Fathoms. 1,000 Fathoms and up
The earth and its inhabitants .. . earthitsinhabita00recl Year: 1890 FLORES. 207 tain is at present quiescent, but at its foot are numerous thermal springs, through which the subterranean heats still manifest themselves. Near the village of Gfeliting on the north coast, mention is made of another crater, which, however, has not yet been identified. South of the Tanjong Bunga, or ' Promontory of Flowers,' whence the Portu- Fig. 86.—Laeantuka Steait. Scale 1 : 1,000,000. I22°40- Eaçb oF Green wi ch I25°30- I)epths. 0 to 5 Fathoms. .5 to 100 Fathoms. 100 to Fathoms. 1,000 Fathoms and upwards. IS Miles. guese term, Flores, a channel about 1,300 yards broad at its narrowest part sepa- rates this island from the islet of Adonare, and farther south from Solor, which, although the smallest member of the group, gives its name to the archipelago stretching east from Flores. Adonare is much more populous as well as larger, and farther east follows the still more extensive Lomblem. The two islands of the
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