Flora Bank
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Coordinates54°11′N 130°18′W / 54.183°N 130.300°W[1]
Max. length2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi)[2]
Max. width1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi)[2]
Surface area4 km2 (1.5 sq mi)[3]
| Flora Bank | |
|---|---|
 Looking southward over the Flora Bank | |
  Flora Bank | |
| Coordinates | 54°11′N 130°18′W / 54.183°N 130.300°W[1] |
| Max. length | 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi)[2] |
| Max. width | 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi)[2] |
| Surface area | 4 km2 (1.5 sq mi)[3] |
Flora Bank is a bank in British Columbia, Canada,[4] located at the edge of Chatham Sound, between Lelu and Kitson Islands at the north entrance to Inverness Passage, south of Prince Rupert. Flora Bank is a is wide, flat, and very shallow feature, mostly at or just below sea level, because of the large tidal range in the area, it may be exposed at low tides.[2]
The bank was named after Miss Flora MacDonald, daughter of the manager of Inverness Cannery.[1]
The bank is associated wit the nearby Agnew Bank, which extends and diversifies Flora Bank's vegetated (seagrass meadow) ecosystem with non-vegetated (soft sediment) habitats.[5]