Ice Peak

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Ice Peak
Elevation 2,526 m (8,287 ft)
Location British Columbia, Canada
Range Tahltan Highland
Prominence 56 m (184 ft)
Coordinates 57°41′26.0″N, 130°38′07.0″WCoordinates: 57°41′26.0″N, 130°38′07.0″W
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.

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