Satah Mountain
| Satah Mountain | |
|---|---|
| Mount Lion | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,921 m (6,302 ft) |
| Prominence | 419 m (1,375 ft) |
| Coordinates | 52°28′32.9″N 124°41′22.9″W / 52.475806°N 124.689694°WCoordinates: 52°28′32.9″N 124°41′22.9″W / 52.475806°N 124.689694°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | British Columbia, Canada |
| Parent range | Chilcotin Plateau |
| Topo map | NTS 93C/07 |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Cinder cone |
| Last eruption | Unknown |
Satah Mountain is a cinder cone, located 35 km (22 mi) east-northeast of Nimpo Lake in central British Columbia, Canada. It areas to the south form a N-S-trending chain of cinder cones of Pleistocene and Holocene age. It lies on the Chilcotin Plateau.
Satah Mountain occupies the high point of the Satah Mountain volcanic field. This consists of a long ridge of trachytic lava domes and flows and basaltic and trachybasaltic cinder cones that extend south from the felsic Itcha Range volcanic complex.
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