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132 THE OCEAN.
the borders of the Mediterranean have their coasts also cut into fjords
partially obliterated by alluvium; these are Asia Minor and Dalmatia,
whose high mountains, formerly covered with glaciers, overlook narrow
bays with fantastic outlines like the mouths of Cattaro; but along these
two shores t^he peninsulas of the coast-line are still uniformly turned toward the west.
To the south of the Adriatic and the Archipelago, on the coast-line of
warm or torrid countries, no more fjords are seen. To find a similar
formation of shores we must traverse the entire continent of Amsrica to
its southern extremity. The fjords only commence beyond the uniform
coast-line of Chili, with the Island of Chiloe, its numerous bays, and the
net-work of straits in the Archipelago of Magellan and Terra del Fuego.
This is the only region in the southern hemisphere where the astonishing
phenomenon of tortuous and deep valleys filled by the waters of the sea
is witnessed. As to the countries of the Antarctic continent, no indentations can be recognized in them, since the contours of the bays and
capes, the gulfs and peninsulas, are all filled by the snouts of glaciers and
by continuous ice-fields.
| Title | The ocean, atmosphere, and life |
| Creator | Reclus, Elisée |
| Publisher | Harper |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1873 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000147 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 132 THE OCEAN. the borders of the Mediterranean have their coasts also cut into fjords partially obliterated by alluvium; these are Asia Minor and Dalmatia, whose high mountains, formerly covered with glaciers, overlook narrow bays with fantastic outlines like the mouths of Cattaro; but along these two shores t^he peninsulas of the coast-line are still uniformly turned toward the west. To the south of the Adriatic and the Archipelago, on the coast-line of warm or torrid countries, no more fjords are seen. To find a similar formation of shores we must traverse the entire continent of Amsrica to its southern extremity. The fjords only commence beyond the uniform coast-line of Chili, with the Island of Chiloe, its numerous bays, and the net-work of straits in the Archipelago of Magellan and Terra del Fuego. This is the only region in the southern hemisphere where the astonishing phenomenon of tortuous and deep valleys filled by the waters of the sea is witnessed. As to the countries of the Antarctic continent, no indentations can be recognized in them, since the contours of the bays and capes, the gulfs and peninsulas, are all filled by the snouts of glaciers and by continuous ice-fields. |
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