Earth:South Tuya
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| South Tuya | |
|---|---|
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,850 m (6,070 ft) |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] 59°12′31″N 130°30′19″W / 59.20861°N 130.50528°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | British Columbia, Canada |
| District | Cassiar Land District |
| Parent range | Tuya Range |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Pleistocene |
| Mountain type | Tuya |
| Last eruption | Pleistocene |
South Tuya, also called Southern Tuya, is a tuya clustered around Tuya Lake in the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province in British Columbia, Canada . The base of South Tuya comprises hyaloclastite and pillow lava indicating that the volcano formed beneath a large lake or beneath ice.[1]
See also
- List of volcanoes in Canada
- List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes
- Volcanism of Canada
- Volcanism of Western Canada
References
- ↑ James G. Moore; Catherine J. Hickson; Lewis C. Calk (1995-12-10). "Tholeiitic-alkalic transition at subglacial volcanoes, Tuya region, British Columbia, Canada". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 100 (B12): 24577–24592. doi:10.1029/95JB02509. Bibcode: 1995JGR...10024577M.
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