Mount Noel
| Mount Noel | |
|---|---|
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,541 m (8,337 ft) |
| Prominence | 696 m (2,283 ft) |
| Coordinates | 50°42′46.0″N 122°51′26.0″W / 50.712778°N 122.857222°WCoordinates: 50°42′46.0″N 122°51′26.0″W / 50.712778°N 122.857222°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bridge River Country, British Columbia, Canada |
| District | Lillooet Land District |
| Topo map | NTS 92J10 |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Miocene |
| Mountain type | Complex volcano |
| Volcanic arc/belt | Chilcotin Group |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | Unknown |
Mount Noel is a Miocene volcanic complex in the Chilcotin Group in British Columbia, Canada, located 7 km (4 mi) southwest of Bralorne and north of a tributary of . It is 150 km (93 mi) east of the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt and is made up of flat-lying, columnar-jointed basalt flows along with debris flows and minor pyroclastic rocks. Mount Noel is thought to have formed as a result of back-arc extension behind the Cascadia subduction zone.
See also[]
References[]
- Mount Noel in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
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Categories:
- Volcanoes of British Columbia
- Two-thousanders of British Columbia
- Complex volcanoes
- Rift volcanoes
- Bridge River Country
- Miocene volcanoes
- Polygenetic volcanoes
- Lillooet Land District
- Cariboo Regional District geography stubs