XXVII.—Stratigraphical Observations in the Stor Fjord Region of Spitsbergen

• Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
• Main Author: Tyrrell, G. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1934
• Subjects: Barents Sea; South Cape; Edge Island; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800016914; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0080456800016914

The Stor Fjord is the great bight which is situated on the eastern side of the mainland of Spitsbergen, and separates it from the large Barents and Edge Islands which lie farther east (see map, fig. 1). It is widest towards the south, the distance between the South Cape of Spitsbergen and Negro Point on Edge Island being 107 miles. At its northern end the Stor Fjord narrows considerably and terminates in Heley (or Helis) Sound, which connects it with the Barents Sea by way of Olga Strait.