Ice Peak facts for kids
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Quick facts for kids Ice Peak |
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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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