Earth:Cinder Cone (British Columbia)

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Short description: Mountain in Canada
Cinder Cone
Cinder Cone.jpg
Highest point
Elevation1,910 m (6,270 ft)
Prominence120 m (390 ft)
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] 49°58′18″N 123°00′25″W / 49.97167°N 123.00694°W / 49.97167; -123.00694
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
DistrictNew Westminster Land District
Parent rangeGaribaldi Ranges
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Geology
Age of rockHolocene
Mountain typeCinder cone
Volcanic arc/beltCascade Volcanic Arc
Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
Last eruptionHolocene

Cinder Cone is a cinder cone with a small crater on the west side of the Helm Glacier in Garibaldi Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. Cinder Cone is surrounded by cinder flats and its crater is filled with meltwater during the summer. Cinder Cone is eroded easily by meltwater during the spring, washing the pyroclastics into the Valley of Desolation. Cinder Cone produced a 9 km (6 mi) long lava flow during the early Holocene.

See also

  • List of Cascade volcanoes
  • List of volcanoes of Canada
  • Volcanism of Western Canada

References