The Trachyte Hills are a small, hilly
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
in southern
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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, located southwest of the junction of
Bonaparte River The Bonaparte River is a tributary of the Thompson River, joining it at the community of Ashcroft, British Columbia. The river is about long, including the length of Bonaparte Lake. Rising on the Silwhoiakun Plateau to the northwest of Kamloops, t ...
and
Hat Creek. They are a continuation northwards of the
Cornwall Hills The Cornwall Hills are a range of mountainous hills in the Thompson Country of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada. They are located west and southwest of the communities of Cache Creek and Ashcroft and form the divide between the basin of th ...
.
References
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Trachyte Hillsin the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
Mountain ranges of the Interior Plateau
Hills of British Columbia
Landforms of the Cariboo
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