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Figure 5. The Miðfjörður bay and the coast east of there with a prominent beach ridge marking the regional
marine limit reaching 35 m a.s.l. The Miðfjörðurterrace is visible along the western side of the Miðfjörðurbay
itself with the Miðfjörður section (M) and the tephra section (T) indicated by arrows (cf. Figure 4). A sequence
of short moraines formed during deglaciation of the area can be seen south of the bay (aerial photograph G-9547;
27.07.1983. Published with permission of the Iceland Geodetic Survey by permit no: 140; 27.06.1994).
— Flugljósmynd afMiðfirði og strandlengjunni austan hans. Þar eru fjörumörk mjög greinileg í um 35 m hæð.
Innri gerð sethjallans vestan Miðfjarðar var könnuð tveimur stöðum, við M ogT. Sunnan fjarðarins erfjöldi
smárra jökulgarðafrá þeim tíma er jökull hörfaði inn yfir núverandi strönd Bakkaflóa.
of Flautafell in the Þistilfjörðurarea was formed by an
eastwardly moving glacier, while a ice-contact san-
dur east of this mountain was formed at the edge of
a northwardly moving glacier (Figure 3). The south-
ernmost part of the Lónafjörður terraces (Figure 3),
which is situated just above the 30 m marine limit, has
numerous shallow kettle holes which most likely were
formed by melting and disintegration of a stagnated
glacier.
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