Kumealon Inlet Explained

Kumealon Inlet
Pushpin Map:	Canada British Columbia
Location:	British Columbia
Coordinates:	53.8608°N -129.9925°W
Type:	Fjord
Outflow:	Grenville Channel

Kumealon Inlet is an inlet on the Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It lies on the eastern side of the north end of Grenville Channel facing Pitt Island.^[1]

Kumealon Inlet sits between the Ecstall Pluton and the Grenville Channel shear zone, and is bounded by rocks dating to the Albian (102.6±3.7Ma).^[2]

Features

Connected features to the inlet are:

• Kumealon Island, located on the north side of the entrance to the inlet at 53.8567°N -130.0247°W ^[3]
• Kumealon Lagoon, a small arm on the north side of the inlet at 53.8842°N -129.9889°W,^[4] connected to it via:
• Kumealon Narrows, a short narrows at 53.8736°N -129.9864°W ^[5]
• Kumealon Creek, a short creek which feeds northwest into Kumealon Lagoon, entering it at 53.8781°N -129.9672°W^[6]

See also

• Inside Passage
• Baker Inlet

Notes and References

1. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/28466.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kumealon Inlet"
2. Wolf D, Andronicos C, Vervoort J, Mansfield M, Chardon D. 2010. Application of Lu–Hf garnet dating to unravel the relationships between deformation, metamorphism and plutonism: An example from the Prince Rupert area, British Columbia. Tectonophysics. 485 . 2010. 62–77. 10.1016/J.TECTO.2009.11.020. 2010Tectp.485...62W.
3. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/28465.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kumealon Island"
4. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/28468.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kumealon Lagoon"
5. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/35833.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kumealon Narrows"
6. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/35831.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kumealon Creek"