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Ice Peak
Ice Peak is located in British Columbia
Ice Peak
Ice Peak
Location in British Columbia
Highest point
Elevation 2,526 m (8,287 ft)
Prominence 56 m (184 ft)
Parent peak Mount Edziza
Geography
Location British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Tahltan Highland
Topo map NTS 104G/10
Geology
Age of rock Pleistocene
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Volcanic belt Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Last eruption Holocene

Ice Peak is a stratovolcano, located 39 km (24 mi) west of Tatogga and 3 km (2 mi) south of Mount Edziza, British Columbia, Canada. It overlaps the 7.5-million-year-old Armadillo Peak. It lies on a large volcanic plateau, which is made of basaltic lava flows from the massive Mount Edziza volcanic complex. Ice Peak last erupted during the Holocene.

The summit of Ice Peak is a remnant of the western rim of a small summit caldera, which has been nearly destroyed by alpine glaciation.

Ice Peak gets name because it is almost completely surrounded by glaciers.

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