South Tuya
South Tuya | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,850 m (6,070 ft) |
Coordinates | 59°12′31″N 130°30′19″W / 59.20861°N 130.50528°W |
Geography | |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
Parent range | Tuya Range |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Pleistocene |
Mountain type | Tuya |
Last eruption | Pleistocene |
South Tuya, also called Southern Tuya, is a tuya clustered around Tuya Lake in the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province in British Columbia, Canada. The base of South Tuya comprises hyaloclastite and pillow lava indicating that the volcano formed beneath a large lake or beneath ice.
See also
- List of volcanoes in Canada
- List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes
- Volcanism of Canada
- Volcanism of Western Canada
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