Kumealon Inlet

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

Kumealon Inlet
Kumealon Inlet
Location	British Columbia
Coordinates	53°51′39″N 129°59′33″W
Type	Fjord
Primary outflows	Grenville Channel

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°51′24″N 130°01′29″W [3]
• Kumealon Lagoon, a small arm on the north side of the inlet at 53°53′03″N 129°59′20″W,[4] connected to it via:
• Kumealon Narrows, a short narrows at 53°52′25″N 129°59′11″W [5]
• Kumealon Creek, a short creek which feeds northwest into Kumealon Lagoon, entering it at 53°52′41″N 129°58′02″W[6]

Images

• 
  Looking Westward from the head of Kumealon Inlet towards the entrance
• 
  Kumealon Island

See also

• Inside Passage
• Baker Inlet

References

1. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kumealon Inlet"
2. Wolfa D, Andronicosa C, Vervoortb J, Mansfieldc M, Chardon D (2010). "Application of Lu–Hf garnet dating to unravel the relationships betweendeformation, metamorphism and plutonism: An example from the PrinceRupert area, British Columbia" (PDF). Tectonophysics. 485 (2010): 62–77. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
3. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kumealon Island"
4. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kumealon Lagoon"
5. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kumealon Narrows"
6. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kumealon Creek"