Maitland Volcano

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Maitland Volcano
Elevation 2,514 m (8,248 ft)
Location British Columbia, Canada
Range Cassiar Mountains
Coordinates 57°04′N 129°07′W / 57.067, -129.117
Type Shield volcano
Volcanic arc/belt Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Age of rock Pliocene
Last eruption Pliocene
Listing List of volcanoes in Canada

Maitland Volcano is a Pliocene shield volcano located in the western Cassiar Mountains of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is associated with the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province and consists of basaltic volcanic plugs and flat-lying basalt flows. Maitland Volcano was built onto a mature, Tertiary erosion surface between 5 and 4 million years ago. The shield, which formerly covered an area of >900 km2, has been reduced by erosion to scattered, cliff-bounded remnants which cap the higher mountains.

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