Iskut Canyon Cone

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Iskut Canyon Cone, also known as Iskut River Cone, is a cinder cone of the Iskut-Unuk River Cones group in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on the steep southern flank of the Iskut valley near its junction with Forrest Kerr Creek. It last erupted during the Holocene epoch. [1]

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References

  1. "Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Iskut River Cone". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-06-25.