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Notes made from Stanley's map, 1/4
while in Port Moresby, Dec. 1932
1. Lower Fly alluvium appears to be recent in age and
from its deltaic coast line and the remnants
of the 100-fathom line to be [illegible] rained
sea bottom or else penplum
possibly continues across the
Torres Straits with Cape York.
Mabaclean Hill, granite, may well be
a bathylith exposed by removal of overcovering
rocks in remote times. Airi Hill and
Rikni may also be bathyliths.
The above [illegible] warped area appears to
extend to and end at the Purari River, beyond
which the coast line becomes straight, but
note that the 100-fathom line approaches
the coast only at Yule Island.
Low hills are indicated at Eveill
Junction on either side the Fly-Struckland.
Their geology is apparently unknown.
Look for change in rocks of Murchend
region (zoological evidence)
The entire lower Fly + Torres area may be
old penplum when basal rocks are shrouded
by new alluvium, the northern part slightly
upwarped, the southern portion downwarped
to form the Torres Straits. The hills at
Eveill Junction perhaps represent part of the
chain warping.