The island rises gradually from the water at first, but soon becomes abrupt, finishing at a height of about one thousand feet.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
This huge cliff rises abruptly to the height of over a thousand feet from the surrounding ocean.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
But I know that they live in the direction in which the sun rises in the morning, near some great water.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz