Satah Mountain
Satah Mountain is a cinder cone located 35 km (22 mi) east-northeast of Nimpo Lake in central British Columbia, Canada. It areas to the south form a N-S-trending chain of cinder cones of Pleistocene and Holocene age. It lies on the Chilcotin Plateau.
| Satah Mountain | |
|---|---|
| Mount Lion | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,921 m (6,302 ft) |
| Prominence | 419 m (1,375 ft) |
| Coordinates | 52°28′32.9″N 124°41′22.9″W |
| Geography | |
| Location | British Columbia, Canada |
| Parent range | Chilcotin Plateau |
| Topo map | NTS 93C/07 |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Cinder cone |
| Last eruption | Unknown |
Satah Mountain occupies the high point of the Satah Mountain volcanic field. This consists of a long ridge of trachytic lava domes and flows and basaltic and trachybasaltic cinder cones that extend south from the felsic Itcha Range volcanic complex.
See also
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| Other | |
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