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Mussel Inlet
Mussel Inlet is in inlet in the British Columbia Coast, North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is a northeast extension of Sheep Passage, and part of the Fiordland Conservancy. Name origin and history It was first charted in 1793 by James Johnstone (explorer), James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's officers during his Vancouver Expedition, 1791-95 expedition. It was here the men ate mussels that poisoned and killed one of them, John Carter, for whom Carter Bay is named; it is at the junction of Finlayson Channel and the west end of Sheep Passage at . Poison Cove at being the location where the mussels were harvested. A creek northwest into that cove is Poison Cove Creek. References Inlets of British Columbia North Coast of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaNorthCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Day 6 - Panoramio - Jack Borno (4)
A day is the time rotation period, period of a full Earth's rotation, rotation of the Earth with respect to the Sun. On average, this is 24 hours (86,400 seconds). As a day passes at a given location it experiences morning, afternoon, evening, and night. This daily cycle drives circadian rhythms in many organisms, which are vital to many life processes. A collection of sequential days is organized into calendars as Calendar date, dates, almost always into weeks, months and years. A solar calendar organizes dates based on the Sun's annual cycle, giving consistent start dates for the season, four seasons from year to year. A lunar calendar organizes dates based on the Moon's lunar phase. In common usage, a day starts at midnight, written as 00:00 or 12 am, 12:00 am in 24-hour clock, 24- or 12-hour clocks, respectively. Because the time of midnight varies between locations, time zones are set up to facilitate the use of a uniform standard time. Other conventions are sometimes us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
