. Fig. 12. Rock exposures on the east coast of Candlemas: from a sketch by Mr F. C. Fraser. a. Shrove Point. b. Boulders on shore. c. Glacier. d. Dark grey-black rock. e. Black boulders in dark red-brown ground-mass. /. Stratified grey-black rocks. g. Ice screes. h. Boot Rock. j. Yellow-brown staining on rock. k. Spit Point. ground they occur in large numbers, and in the south they are to be found wherever the glacier and steep cliffs allow them to establish themselves. The whole of the southern part is thickly covered with glacier, which, however, only extends to sea-level at a few points. In
. Fig. 12. Rock exposures on the east coast of Candlemas: from a sketch by Mr F. C. Fraser. a. Shrove Point. b. Boulders on shore. c. Glacier. d. Dark grey-black rock. e. Black boulders in dark red-brown ground-mass. /. Stratified grey-black rocks. g. Ice screes. h. Boot Rock. j. Yellow-brown staining on rock. k. Spit Point. ground they occur in large numbers, and in the south they are to be found wherever the glacier and steep cliffs allow them to establish themselves. The whole of the southern part is thickly covered with glacier, which, however, only extends to sea-level at a few points. In one or two places there is an outcropping of rock through the ice covering, and on the northern side there is a huge bluff of dark grey rock round which the glacier divides as it descends to the level land beyond (Fig. 11 a). Here, immediately below the edge of the glacier, conspicuous patches of green vegetation were
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