Ice Peak | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,526 m (8,287 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 56 m (184 ft) [1] |
Listing | Mountains of British Columbia |
Coordinates | 57°41′26″N 130°38′08″W / 57.69056°N 130.63556°W [2] |
Geography | |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
District | Cassiar Land District |
Parent range | Tahltan Highland |
Topo map | NTS 104G10 Mount Edziza |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Pleistocene |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Volcanic belt | Northern Cordilleran Province [3] |
Last eruption | Holocene |
Ice Peak is the prominent south peak of Mount Edziza in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. [2] It is the remains of the western rim of a small caldera that occupied the summit of a stratovolcano predating the main edifice of Mount Edziza. [4] The Ice Peak stratovolcano has been largely destroyed by glacial erosion but it was active during the Holocene. [3] [4] Ice Peak and the main mass of Mount Edziza are wholly known to the local Tahltan as Tenh Dẕetle which translates to Ice Mountain. [2] [5]