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: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Environmental Science; Barents Sea; South Cape; Edge Island; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.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 Poin...