Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.1978, Qupperneq 9

Glacial striae
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Fig. 5. Glaciated rock at site 2.
5. mynd. Isbrýnd hella við staðin 2.
nees indicating ice movement towards SE were observed at the
coast SE of Lækjá (site 25). Geikie has observed roches mou-
tonnees SW of Lækjá (Geikie 1880).
Stóravatn and Lítlavatn.
On the south-west coast of Sandoy, north of Skarvanes, a
valley runs eastward, including the lakes Stóravatn and Lítla-
vatn. It bifurcates NNE to Skálavík and SE to Húsavík. The
area immediately east of the watershed is marshy with no ex-
posures, but around Lítlavatn the bedrock is glaciated. The
finest examples of roches moutonnees are found NE of Lítla-
vatn (sites 21 and 22), they clearly demonstrate ice movement
towards W. The same direction is indicated by roches mouton-
nees south of Lítlavatn (sites 23 and 24).
South and east of Stóravatn the bedrock is heavily glaciated.
To the south of the lake roches moutonnees indicate ice move-
ment towards SW (site 27) and WSW (site 28). East of the
lake the roches moutonnees show ice movement to the W (site
29). The same direction is found north of Stóravatn (site 30).