Iskut-Unuk River Cones

Iskut-Unuk River Cones
Iskut-Unuk River Cones

Location of the Iskut-Unuk River Cones along the British Columbia-Alaska border

Elevation 1,880 m (6,170 ft)
Location
Location British Columbia, Canada
Range Boundary Ranges (Coast Mountains)
Coordinates 56°35′0″N 130°33′0″W / 56.58333°N 130.55000°WCoordinates: 56°35′0″N 130°33′0″W / 56.58333°N 130.55000°W
Geology
Type Volcanic field
Age of rock Pleistocene-to-Holocene
Volcanic arc/belt Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Last eruption 1800 (?)

The Iskut-Unuk River Cones are a group of eight small basaltic centres at the southern end of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains, in western North America. The lava flows date back 70,000 years, but the subaerial vents produced cinder cones and lava flows that were probably all active between about 9,000 and a few hundred years ago. The last lava flows were erupted from The Volcano about 150 years ago. Iskut Canyon Cone produced at least 10 thick lava flows which initially dammed the Iskut River.

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