South Tuya

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South Tuya
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South Tuya
Location in British Columbia
South Tuya
Interactive map of South Tuya
Highest point
Elevation 1,850 m (6,070 ft)
Coordinates 59°12′31″N130°30′19″W / 59.20861°N 130.50528°W / 59.20861; -130.50528
Geography
Location British Columbia, Canada
District Cassiar Land District
Parent range Tuya Range
Geology
Rock age Pleistocene
Mountain type Tuya
Volcanic field Tuya volcanic field
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. [1]

See also

References

  1. James G. Moore; Catherine J. Hickson; Lewis C. Calk (1995-12-10). "Tholeiitic-alkalic transition at subglacial volcanoes, Tuya region, British Columbia, Canada". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 100 (B12): 24577–24592. Bibcode:1995JGR...10024577M. doi:10.1029/95JB02509.