Borovichev E.A. Botanical excursion on the Northern Soroya. Hammerfest, 2014.

Photo N. Koroleva Sea exposed cliffs on the way to Kjottvikvarden mainly marginal moraines. were formed in coastal areas and rivers mouths. In the Holocene, after glacial retreat, water They are mainly composed o f raised marine sand levels dropped significantly, and as a result o f and pebbles. In some areas Stormy winter winds land uplift and sea abrasion, distinctive terraces form extensive fine-grained aeolian sand deposits on windward and sea- exposed terraces and mountain slopes. Due to steep rocky relief o f the coastline, strandllats are developed only in some shallow bays, and true cliffs predominate over coasts o f the whole island. The flat sandy beaches are the most spectacular and attractive landscapes o f the Soraya Island. A huge mass of outwashed marine sand was shifted by wind along the sea exposed slope o f Sandfjellet Mountain. In winter as well as in summer, the climate o f the Seraya and the whole o f the northern Norwegian coastal The narrow strip o fsand was previously at the bottom o fa sea inlet, and after land uplift and sea retreat the wind blow marine sand to the mountain slope 16