Ice Peak
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Ice Peak | |
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Elevation | 2,526 m (8,287 ft) |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
Range | Tahltan Highland |
Prominence | 56 m (184 ft) |
Coordinates | |
Topo map | NTS 104G/10 |
Type | Stratovolcano |
Age of rock | Pleistocene |
Last eruption | Holocene |
Ice Peak is a stratovolcano, located 39 km west of Tatogga and 3 km 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 shield volcano of Mount Edziza. 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 almost completely destroyed by alpine glaciation.
Ice Peak gets name because it is almost completely surrounded by glaciers.