Tuber Hill

Tuber Hill
Highest point
Elevation 2,500 m (8,200 ft)
Coordinates 50°54′N 123°24′W / 50.900°N 123.400°W / 50.900; -123.400
Geography
Location Upper Bridge River, British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Pacific Ranges
Geology
Age of rock Pleistocene
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt Canadian Cascade Arc
Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
Last eruption Pleistocene

Tuber Hill is a small 600,000-year-old basaltic stratovolcano that was constructed on the Bridge River highlands when nearby valleys were packed with ice. Tuber Hill is part of the Garibaldi segment of the Canadian Cascade Arc, but is not in the geographic Cascade Range.

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