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Plinth Peak, sometimes called Plinth Mountain, is the highest satellite cone of the
Mount Meager massif The Mount Meager massif is a group of volcanic peaks in the of the Coast Mountains in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc of western North America, it is located north of Vancouver at the northern end of the P ...
, and one of four overlapping volcanic cones which together form a large volcanic complex in the
Garibaldi Volcanic Belt The Garibaldi Volcanic Belt is a northwest–southeast trending volcanic chain in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains that extends from Watts Point in the south to the Ha-Iltzuk Icefield in the north. This chain of volcanoes is located in s ...
of the
Canadian Cascade Arc The Canadian Cascade Arc, also called the Canadian Cascades, is the Canada, Canadian segment of the North American Cascade Volcanic Arc. Located entirely within the Canadian province of British Columbia, it extends from the Cascade Mountains in th ...
. It is one of the most recently formed volcanic formations of the Mount Meager massif. Plinth Peak is the highest volcanic peak of the Mount Meager massif. Located on the steep north flank of Plinth is the remnant of an inner
crater A crater is a landform consisting of a hole or depression (geology), depression on a planetary surface, usually caused either by an object hitting the surface, or by geological activity on the planet. A crater has classically been described ...
wall that was destroyed by a lateral blast during a period of volcanic activity about 2,350 years ago.


See also

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List of volcanoes in Canada List of volcanoes in Canada is an incomplete list of volcanoes found in Geography of Canada, mainland Canada, in the Islands of Canada, Canadian islands and in Canadian waters. All but two Provinces of Canada, provinces, Prince Edward Island and ...
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List of Cascade volcanoes This is a list of Cascade volcanoes, i.e. volcanoes formed as a result of subduction along the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest of North America. The volcanoes are listed from north to south, by province or state: British Columb ...
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Devastator Peak Devastator Peak, also known as The Devastator, is the lowest and southernmost of the six subsidiary peaks that form the Mount Meager massif in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is located west of Bralorne. Geology Devastator Peak is a ...
* Pylon Peak * Capricorn Mountain * Mount Job * Plinth Assemblage *
Volcanism of Western Canada Volcanism of Western Canada has produced lava flows, lava plateaus, lava domes, cinder cones, stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes, greenstone belts, submarine volcanoes, calderas, diatremes and maars, along with examples of more less common volca ...
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Geology of the Pacific Northwest The geology of the Pacific Northwest includes the composition (including rock, minerals, and soils), structure, physical properties and the processes that shape the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The region is part of the Ring of Fir ...


References


Plinth Peak
in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia.


External links

* Volcanoes of British Columbia Two-thousanders of British Columbia Mount Meager massif Subduction volcanoes Stratovolcanoes of Canada Polygenetic volcanoes Pleistocene volcanoes Pleistocene British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaCoast-mountain-stub