. The earth and its inhabitants .. . '_>7 to ni Fathoms. Over 54 Fathoms. 50 Miles. ** Back of Finland," running south-west of Lake Uleâ, parallel with, and at a mean distance of 60 miles from, the Baltic coast. The south-west corner of the land, continued seawards by the Aland archipelago, is an uneven, almost moun- tainous tract. Taken together, all these granitic ridges may be regarded as a plateau, whose backbone, lying nearer to the Gulf of Bothnia than to Lake Ladoga, terminates abruptly on the Gulf of ; The hills in the south seem to have formerly been much higher t
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . '_>7 to ni Fathoms. Over 54 Fathoms. 50 Miles. ** Back of Finland," running south-west of Lake Uleâ, parallel with, and at a mean distance of 60 miles from, the Baltic coast. The south-west corner of the land, continued seawards by the Aland archipelago, is an uneven, almost moun- tainous tract. Taken together, all these granitic ridges may be regarded as a plateau, whose backbone, lying nearer to the Gulf of Bothnia than to Lake Ladoga, terminates abruptly on the Gulf of ; The hills in the south seem to have formerly been much higher than at present, for on the slopes and summit of the Valdai plateau, in the heart of Russia, the detritus of quartz and other Finnish rocks has been found at a greater * Chief elevations of Finland : — Finnish Lapland. Peldoivi .... 2,360 feet. Jeristumturi . . 2,330 „ Peldovaddo . . 2,130 „ South Finland, according to Gylden. Teiri-harju. . 1,093 feet. Saukko-waara . . 1,070 ,, Kiwes-waara . . 1,001 „
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