Grizzly Butte
Grizzly Butte | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,412 m (4,633 ft) |
Prominence | 65 m (213 ft) |
Coordinates | 59°5′2.1″N 130°55′21.8″W / 59.083917°N 130.922722°WCoordinates: 59°5′2.1″N 130°55′21.8″W / 59.083917°N 130.922722°W |
Geography | |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
District | Cassiar Land District |
Parent range | Kawdy Plateau (northern Stikine Plateau) |
Topo map | NTS 82L3 |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Holocene |
Mountain type | Shield volcano |
Last eruption | Holocene |
Grizzly Butte small shield volcano located in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is Holocene in age and stands in relief above the surrounding area north of the and comprises the with West Vent and Volcano Vent. It is one of the three small shield volcanoes in the Tuya Volcanic Field which in turn form part of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province.
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Categories:
- Volcanoes of British Columbia
- One-thousanders of British Columbia
- Shield volcanoes of Canada
- Monogenetic shield volcanoes
- Holocene volcanoes
- Stikine Plateau
- Cassiar Country
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- British Columbia Interior geography stubs