Kent River

Kent River
Location
CountryAustralia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationTenterden
 • elevation295 metres (968 ft)[1]
Mouth 
 • location
Irwin Inlet
 • elevation
sea level
Length140 kilometres (87 mi)[2]

The Kent River is a river in the Great Southern of Western Australia.

The headwaters of the river rise near Tenterden. The river flows in a south-westerly direction, crosses the Muirs Highway east of Rocky Gully, flows through Mount Roe and Mount Lindesay national parks, crosses the South Coast Highway near Kenton, flows through the Owingup Nature Reserve swampland and finally discharges into the eastern side of Irwin Inlet.

There are two tributaries to the Kent; Styx River and Nile Creek.

The river was named in 1829 by Thomas Wilson who was the first European to explore the river. He named it after a member of his exploration party John Kent, of the 39th Regiment, Assistant Commissary General at the King George Sound garrison.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Kent River". 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  2. ^ "History of river names – K". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  3. ^ Sherriff, George (26 January 1950). "The History of Denmark - Its Exploration and Early Development". Albany Advertiser. p. 8. Retrieved 4 December 2013.

34°59′34″S 116°59′29″E / 34.99278°S 116.99139°E / -34.99278; 116.99139