Annapolis Valley valley on south side of Bay of Fundy between the North and South Mountains
Antigonish Basin Carboniferous basin east of Antigonish
Antigonish Highlands Paleozoic basement rocks west of Antigonish
Aspy Fault exposed fault in the northern Cape Breton Highlands
Aspy Terrane western Cape Breton Island
Avon River estuary opening into the Minas Basin
Barrington Passage Pluton tonalite pluton
in southernmost Nova Scotia
Bay of Fundy arm of sea separating Nova Scotia from New Brunswick
Blair River Inlier Precambrian rocks in northernmost Cape Breton Island
Blomidon Formation Triassic rocks immediately below North Mountain Basalt
Bras d'Or Terrane central Cape Breton Island
Brenton Pluton 440 Ma pluton in southwestern mainland
Canso Fault in the strait between Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia
Canso plutons easternmost mainland Nova Scotia
Cape Chignecto western tip of mainland northern Nova Scotia
Cape d'Or on northern side of Bay of Fundy
Cape Split eastern tip of the North Mountain Basalt
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Chaswood Formation small Cretaceous unit in the Musquodoboit Valley
Cobequid-Chedabucto Fault System fault extending across the middle of Nova Scotia
Cobequid Highlands upland area north of the Cobequid-Chedabucto fault system
Cumberland Basin Carboniferous rocks of northern Nova Scotia (western end)
Cumberland Group Pennsylvanian rocks sitting nonconformably on the Windsor and Mabou groups
Goldenville Group major part of the Meguma Terrane metasedimentary assemblage
Halifax Group part of the Meguma Terrane metasedimentary assemblage
Halifax Harbour central Atlantic coastline
Hollow Fault extending from Cobequid-Chedabucto fault system along the west coast of Cape Breton Island
Horton Group abundant Carboniferous basin-fill rocks across much of central and eastern Nova Scotia (usually coloured yellow)
Ile Haute island in the Bay of Fundy
Kinsac Pluton small pluton north of Halifax
Mabou Group intermittently present between the Windsor and Cumberland groups
Meguma Terrane the southern half of Nova Scotia
Minas Basin upper part of the Bay of Fundy system
Minas Channel connects Minas Basin with main Bay of Fundy
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Mira Terrane southeastern Cape Breton Island
Musquodoboit Pluton long pluton east of Halifax
North Mountain Basalt between the Annapolis Valley and Bay of Fundy
Orpheus Graben offshore basin east of Canso
Parrsboro Town on north side of Minas
Channel, famous geologically for sitting on the Cobequid-Chedabucto Fault System,
for the discovery of Late Jurassic dinosaurs, and for the annual rock
and mineral show.
Port Mouton Pluton pluton on the South Shore
Sable Island Ice Age remnant sand bar island on edge of continental shelf
St. Marys Basin sedimentary basin south of the Cobequid-Chedabucto fault system
Scots Bay Limestone minor unit on top of North Mountain Basalt
Seal Island Pluton extreme southwestern Nova Scotia
Shelburne Dyke Early Jurassic dyke stretching from Pubnico nearly to Halifax
Shelburne Pluton granite pluton in southern Nova Scotia
Shubenacadie Basin Carboniferous basin in central Nova Scotia
South Mountain Batholith large granitic mass in southern Nova Scotia
Stellarton Basin Carboniferous basin in northern mainland Nova Scotia
Strait of Canso Narrow, deep strait between Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia
Sydney Basin Carboniferous basin in eastern Cape Breton Island
Trafalgar Plutonic Suite Devonian granitic rocks adjacent to the Cobequid-Chedabucto Fault Zone
Wedgeport Pluton granite pluton in westernmost Nova Scotia
White Rock, Kentville, and New Canaan formations (Rockville Notch Group) Silurian-Devonian units on the northwestern side of the South Mountain Batholith
Windsor Basin Carboniferous basin in western Nova Scotia
Windsor Group extensive Carboniferous unit stretching preserved sporadically over most of the province (usually coloured blue)
Wolfville Formation southern unit in the Annapolis Valley
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