. British Antarctic expedition, 1907-9, under the command of Shackleton : reports on the scientific investigations ; geology. Depot Island ,-g:>..,».^v—g^ Sea lee Fig. .35. VIEW OF COAST NEAR DEPOT ISLAND Taken from point 2 miles 300 3-aids to the south of the island dark grey bands rich in biotite, and with light veins of coarse pegmatite andporphyritic crystals of felspar. The cape is intersected by two sets of dykes, oneset of a hornblendic-lamprophyre type, the other yet to be determined. The general appearance of this gneiss is shown on Fig. 36. At a small rocky point about 5 mile
. British Antarctic expedition, 1907-9, under the command of Shackleton : reports on the scientific investigations ; geology. Depot Island ,-g:>..,».^v—g^ Sea lee Fig. .35. VIEW OF COAST NEAR DEPOT ISLAND Taken from point 2 miles 300 3-aids to the south of the island dark grey bands rich in biotite, and with light veins of coarse pegmatite andporphyritic crystals of felspar. The cape is intersected by two sets of dykes, oneset of a hornblendic-lamprophyre type, the other yet to be determined. The general appearance of this gneiss is shown on Fig. 36. At a small rocky point about 5 miles farther south, midway between Cape Rossand Gregory Point, we examined the piedmont ice where it rested on the granite * A photograph by Mawson showing these enclosures is given in his petrological volume of thisMemoir. PLATE XV. Fig. 1. WEST COAST OF ROSS SEAWith Penck (ilacier on left, anil plateau hills with large cirque on right
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