Cinder Cone (British Columbia)

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.

Cinder Cone
Highest point
Elevation1,910 m (6,270 ft)
Prominence120 m (390 ft)
Coordinates49°58′18″N 123°00′25″W
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Parent rangeGaribaldi Ranges
Topo mapNTS 92G/14
Geology
Age of rockHolocene
Mountain typeCinder cone
Volcanic arc/beltCascade Volcanic Arc
Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
Last eruptionHolocene

See also

References

  • "Cinder Cone". BC Geographical Names.
  • "Cinder Cone". Bivouac.com.


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