Exile Hill
Exile Hill | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,913 m (6,276 ft) |
Prominence | 330 m (1,080 ft) |
Coordinates | 57°22′42.0″N 130°49′30.0″W / 57.378333°N 130.825000°WCoordinates: 57°22′42.0″N 130°49′30.0″W / 57.378333°N 130.825000°W |
Geography | |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
District | Cassiar Land District |
Parent range | Spectrum Range |
Topo map | NTS 104G7 |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Pliocene |
Mountain type | Cinder cone |
Volcanic arc/belt | Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province |
Last eruption | Pliocene |
Exile Hill is an isolated hill in the Spectrum Range of northern British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of . It lies at the southern end of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.
History[]
Exile Hill was named on 2 January 1980 by the Geological Survey of Canada after the Wetalth people, a group of people who lived here in times past, outcast or exiled from the Tahltans.[1]
Geology[]
Exile Hill is a volcanic feature associated with the Spectrum Range volcanic complex which in turn form part of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province. It is a cinder cone that formed in the Pliocene period.[2]
See also[]
- List of volcanoes in Canada
- List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes
- Volcanism of Canada
- Volcanism of Western Canada
References[]
- ^ "Exile Hill". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Exile Hill". Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04.
Categories:
- Cinder cones of British Columbia
- Mount Edziza volcanic complex
- Monogenetic volcanoes
- Pliocene volcanoes
- One-thousanders of British Columbia
- British Columbia Interior geography stubs