New mapping on Svartenhuk peninsula

Abstract

Svartenhuk, although petrographically the best known of the West Greenland basalt areas, was until now the least satisfactonly mapped. The accounts of Rosenkrantz et al. (1942) and Noe-Nygaard (1942) were written before either accurate topographical maps or aerial photographs of the area were available and thus the accompanymg geological maps are of a very generalised nature. Therefore, in order that the area could be satisfactorily represented on the Survey 1:500 000 sheets, it was necessary to remap it on new photogrammetric topographical maps, making full use of aerial photographs. This was our first task.