Nahta Cone

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Nahta Cone

Nahta Cone
Elevation 1,690 m (5,545 ft)
Location British Columbia, Canada
Range Spectrum Range
Prominence 45 m (148 ft)
Coordinates 57°18′29.9″N, 130°49′14.9″WCoordinates: 57°18′29.9″N, 130°49′14.9″W
Topo map NTS 104G/07
Type Cinder cone
Volcanic arc/belt Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Age of rock Holocene
Last eruption Holocene

Nahta Cone is a cinder cone in northern British Columbia, Canada, located 69 km (43 mi) southwest of Tatogga, 9 km (6 mi) north of Wetalth Ridge and south of Telegraph Creek. It lies in the southwestern corner of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.

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[edit] History

Nahta Cone was named in January 2, 1980 by the Geological Survey of Canada after the last seven survivors of the Wetalth people, a group outcast or exiled from the Tahltans in time past. Nahta is a Tahltan word meaning seven.[1]

[edit] Geology

Nahta Cone is one of the youngest volcanic features in the Spectrum Range which in turn form part of the Mount Edziza-Spectrum Range volcanic complex and the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province. It formed in the Holocene period.[2]

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[edit] External links

  • Nahta Cone in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia