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PL. XIV — General view of harbor, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

Fig. 50 — Part of Union Island, one of the Grenadines; looking southeast. The subdued forms of the island, taken in connection with its pronounced embayments and immature headland cliffs, suggest that it was first subjected to erosion for a long period, then moderately submerged and embayed and immaturely cliffed.

Seen from “Blackbeard Castle” on a hill back of the town; looking south

Fig. 4 — Part of one of the Saints (from U. S. Hydrogr. Office Chart No. 362).

Eriksted, showing the absence of shore cliffs.

Fig. 41 — The eastern end of St. Thomas and the western end of St. John (from U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 905).

Fig- 55 — A lightly cliffed headland on the north coast of St. Croix.

Fig. 49 — Diagram of a partly submerged cliff.

Fig. 48 — Cockroach Island, northwest of St. Thomas, looking north.

Of the low headland cliffs in contrast with the advanced maturity of the is seen at the bay head on the left.

Fig. 45 — The embayed island of Virgin Gorda (from U. S. Hydrogr. Office Chart No. 3904).

Fig. 39 — Part of St. Thomas, as seen from the south. The immaturity spurs and valleys is strikingly shown. Part of the town of St. Thomas

Fig. 43 — Norman and Peter islands (reproduced from British Admiralty Chart No. 2019). These skeleton islands lie southeast of St. Thomas, two miles back from the outer border of the great Virgin Island bank. The form of the islands suggests a long period of erosion without abrasion followed by a brief period of relatively strong submergence in association with which the headland cliffs were abraded.

Fig. 46 — A cliffed island at the entrance to St. Thomas harbor, looking north.

Fig. 57 — The non-cliffed north coast of St. Croix at Christiansted.

Fig. 47 — Cockroach Island, northwest of St. Thomas, looking east.

Fig. 58 — The north coast of eastern St. Croix.

Fig. 44 — The embayed island of Tortola and the near-by islands (from U. S. Hydrogr. Office Chart No. 3904).

Fig. 56 — The western end of St. Croix at Fred

PL. XV — Island of St. Thomas: north coast from the crest, looking northeast.
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