Abstract

The region known as the Faroe Channel is that portion of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the mainland of Scotland, which is bounded on the N.W. by the Faroe Islands, with their south-west-ward extending fishing-banks, and on the S.E. and S. by the Shetland and Orkney Islands, the shores of Caithness and Sutherland, and the Hebrides.The Faroe Islands are composed of basaltic rocks, while the north of Scotland, and the Scottish Islands, are chiefly made up of Laurentian gneiss, Silurian, and Devonian rocks.

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