Pillow Ridge
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| Pillow Ridge | |
|---|---|
 Pillow Ridge (bottom right) and Tsekone Ridge (upper left) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,400 m (7,900 ft) |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Geography | |
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| Location | British Columbia, Canada |
| District | Cassiar Land District |
| Parent range | Tahltan Highland |
| Topo map | NTS 104G15 Buckley Lake |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Pleistocene |
| Mountain type | Subglacial mound |
| Rock type | Pillow Formation alkali basalt |
| Volcanic zone | Northern Cordilleran Province |
| Last eruption | Pleistocene |
Pillow Ridge is a ridge of the Tahltan Highland in northern British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of Telegraph Creek. It extends northwest from Mount Edziza in Mount Edziza Provincial Park.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]As its name suggests, Pillow Ridge was named on January 2, 1980 by the Geological Survey of Canada for the classic exposures of subaqueous pillow lava that form the ridge.[1]
Geology
[edit | edit source]Pillow Ridge is a volcanic feature associated with the Mount Edziza volcanic complex which in turn form part of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province. It is a subglacial mound that formed in the Pleistocene period when this area was buried beneath glacial ice during the last glacial period.[2]
See also
[edit | edit source]- List of volcanoes in Canada
- List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes
- Volcanism of Canada
- Volcanism of Western Canada
