Grizzly Butte
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Grizzly Butte | |
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Elevation | 1,412 metres (4633 feet) |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
Range | Interior Mountains |
Prominence | 65 m |
Coordinates | |
Topo map | NTS 82L/03 |
Type | Shield volcano |
Age of rock | Holocene |
Last eruption | Holocene |
Grizzly Butte small shield volcano located 24 km southwest of Lumby in British Columbia, Canada. It is Holocene in age and stands in relief above the surrounding area north of the Nazcha Creek and comprises the West Tuya lava field with West Vent and Volcano Vent. It is one of the three small shield volcanoes in the Tuya Volcanic Field which in turn form part of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province.