Homathko Icefield

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The Homathko Icefield is an icefield in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of the largest icefield in the southern half of the Coast Mountains, with an area of over 2000 km².^[1] It is located between Chilko Lake and the Homathko River, and lies across the great canyon of that river to the east of the Waddington Range. Although adjacent to Mount Queen Bess, the Homathko Icefield is largely an expanse of ice, about 30 km across, ringed by relatively minor peaks and distinguished, relative to the other Coast Mountains icefields. The Lillooet Icecap and the Compton Neve, both similar in size to the Homathko Icefield but much more peak-studded, like to the Homathko Icefield's southeast across the Southgate River which bends around the icefield-massif's southern flank to reach the head of Bute Inlet adjacent to the mouth of the Homathko River. The icefield is essentially one large ice-girt montane plateau between these two rivers; among its peaks are Plateau Peak, Majestic Mountain and, on its northwest overlooking the site of the opening battle of the Chilcotin War, Klattasine Peak, named for the Tsilhqot'in leader of the war.