Sidas Cone

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Sidas Cone
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Sidas Cone
Location in British Columbia
Sidas Cone
Interactive map of Sidas Cone
Highest point
Elevation 1,543 m (5,062 ft)
Prominence 92 m (302 ft)
Coordinates 57°51′32.0″N130°37′41.2″W / 57.858889°N 130.628111°W / 57.858889; -130.628111
Geography
Location British Columbia, Canada
District Cassiar Land District
Parent range Tahltan Highland
Topo map NTS   104G15 Buckley Lake
Geology
Rock age Holocene
Mountain type Cinder cone
Volcanic zone Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Last eruption Holocene

Sidas Cone is a cinder cone on the Big Raven Plateau at the northern end of Mount Edziza Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. Its name, meaning "cut oneself with a knife" in the Tahltan language, is descriptive of the breach that has cut the cone into two symmetrical halves. [1]

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  1. "Sidas Cone". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2021-10-20.