Baldface Mountain

Baldface Mountain is a conical butte-like summit in the West-Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is east of Itcha Lake and northeast of the community of Anahim Lake.[2]

Baldface Mountain
Highest point
Elevation1,798 m (5,899 ft)[1]
Prominence208 m (682 ft)[1]
Listing
Coordinates52°45′35″N 124°31′53″W
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Parent rangeChilcotin Plateau
Topo mapNTS 93C/15
Geology
Age of rockPleistocene
Volcanic arc/beltAnahim Volcanic Belt

This mountain is a volcanic cone consisting of trachyte and phonolite. Polygenetic in nature, it was active 2.52 to 2.37 million years ago.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Baldface Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  2. "Baldface Mountain". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  3. Kuehn, Christian; Guest, Bernard; K. Russell, James; A. Benowitz, Jeff (2015). "The Satah Mountain and Baldface Mountain volcanic fields: Pleistocene hot spot volcanism in the Anahim Volcanic Belt, west-central British Columbia, Canada". Bulletin of Volcanology. Springer: 8.
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