Mount Edziza
Mount Edziza is a dormant volcano in British Columbia, Canada.[1]
 Mount Edziza as seen from the Stewart-Cassiar Highway | |
| Elevation | 2,787 m (9,144 ft) |
|---|---|
| Prominence | 1,750 m (5,741 ft) |
| Listing | List of volcanoes in Canada |
| Location | |
| Location | British Columbia, Canada |
| Range | Tahltan Highland |
| Topo map | NTS 104G/10 |
| Geology | |
| Type | Shield volcano, Stratovolcanoes |
| Age of rock | Miocene-to-Holocene |
| Last eruption | 1340 BP |
The volcano is 38 km southeast of Telegraph Creek in an area of potentially active volcanos in the Stikine Volcanic Belt. It is a shield volcano that began erupting about 10 million years ago with continued activity until about 1,340 years ago.
Edziza is made up of a lot of cinder cones and blocky lava flows that still keep their first forms. This is the second biggest area of volcanic activity in the northern Stikine Volcanic Belt as well as in Canada. The complex includes the Mount Edziza Plateau, a big volcanic plateau (65 kilometers long and 20 kilometers wide) made of mostly basaltic lava flows with four big stratovolcanoes built on top of the plateau.
A lot of eruptions have happened in the last 10,000 years including: Desolation, Mess Lake, Snowshoe lava fields, Kana Cone, Eve Cone, Cinder Cliff, Icefall Cone, Ridge Cone, Williams Cone, and Walkout Creek. Many of the volcanic features in the volcanic complex are protected as part of Mount Edziza Provincal Park one of the bigger provincial parks in British Columbia.
Mount Edziza Media
Mount Edziza from the southeast
Tennaya Glacier covered in snow
Mount Edziza obscured by clouds
Satellite image of the Big Raven Plateau showing the locations of Mount Edziza, Ice Peak and Cocoa and Coffee craters in the Snowshoe Lava Field
Sezill Creek canyon on the western side of the Big Raven Plateau with Mount Edziza in the background
Mount Edziza from the northwest
The Pyramid on the northeastern flank of Mount Edziza
Mount Edziza as seen from the south end of the Big Raven Plateau. Ice Peak is at upper right centre while Mount Edziza itself is at upper centre.
Mount Edziza from the northwest
Tennena Cone is part of the Snowshoe Lava Field.
References
- ↑ British Columbia Parks, "Mount Edziza Provincial Park"; retrieved 2012-6-15.