Cinder Mountain
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Cinder Mountain | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 300 m (980 ft) |
Coordinates | 56°34′N 130°37′W / 56.57°N 130.61°W |
Geography | |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
Parent range | Boundary Ranges |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Pleistocene |
Mountain type | Cinder cone |
Last eruption | Pleistocene |
Cinder Mountain is a partly eroded cinder cone at the head of , British Columbia, Canada. It is one of the Iskut-Unuk River Cones and is the source of a basaltic lava flow that extends 4 km (2 mi) north into . An isolated pile of subaerial basalt flows and associated pillow lava rest on varved clay and till in King Creek. Cinder Mountain last erupted during the Pleistocene.[1]
See also[]
- List of volcanoes in Canada
- List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes
- Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
- The Volcano
- Volcanism of Canada
- Volcanism of Western Canada
References[]
- ^ Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2225. Natural Resources Canada. pp. 40–. GGKEY:1R1WRWJJ0YU.
Categories:
- Boundary Ranges
- Cinder cones of British Columbia
- Stikine Country
- Monogenetic volcanoes
- Pleistocene volcanoes
- British Columbia Interior geography stubs