Tadekho Hill is an isolated
hill
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in the
Northern Interior
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of
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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, located southwest of
Tatogga and southwest of
Kitsu Peak. It lies at the southwestern end of
Mount Edziza Provincial Park
Mount Edziza Provincial Park is a provincial park in Cassiar Land District of northern British Columbia, Canada. It was established on 27 July 1972 to showcase the Mount Edziza volcanic complex and the surrounding Tahltan Highland.
Geography
The ...
.
History
Tadekho Hill was named on 2 January 1980 by the
Geological Survey of Canada
The Geological Survey of Canada (GSC; , CGC) is a Canadian federal government agency responsible for performing geological surveys of the country developing Canada's natural resources and protecting the environment. A branch of the Earth Science ...
in association with
Tadekho Creek
Tadekho Creek is a tributary of Mess Creek and part of the Stikine River drainage basin, watershed in northwest part of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of British Columbia, Canada. It flows generally northwest for roughly Lengths ...
.
Geology
Tadekho Hill is a volcanic feature associated with the Spectrum Range volcanic complex which in turn form part of the
Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
The Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province (NCVP), formerly known as the Stikine Volcanic Belt, is a geologic province defined by the occurrence of Miocene to Holocene volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest of North America. This belt of volcanoes ex ...
. It is a
subglacial mound
A subglacial mound is a type of subglacial volcano formed when lava erupts beneath a thick glacier or ice sheet. The magma forming these volcanoes was not hot enough to melt a vertical pipe right through the overlying glacial ice, instead forming ...
that formed in the
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene ( ; referred to colloquially as the ''ice age, Ice Age'') is the geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fin ...
period.
Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Tahekho Hill
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See also
* 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 ...
* List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes
The geography of northwestern British Columbia and Yukon, Canada is dominated by volcanoes of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province formed due to continental rifting of the North American Plate. It is the most active volcanic region in Cana ...
* Volcanism of Canada
Volcanic activity is a major part of the geology of Canada and is characterized by many types of volcanic landform, including lava flows, volcanic plateaus, lava domes, cinder cones, stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes, submarine volcanoes, calder ...
* 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 ...
References
External links
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Volcanoes of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex
One-thousanders of British Columbia
Pleistocene volcanoes
Monogenetic volcanoes
Arctic Lake Plateau
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