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 | |
| Elevation | 1,798 m (5,899 ft) [1] |
| Prominence | 208 m (682 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 52°45′35″N 124°31′53″W |
| Geography | |
| Location | British Columbia, Canada |
| Parent range | Chilcotin Plateau |
| Topo map | NTS 93C/15 |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Pleistocene |
| Volcanic arc/belt | Anahim 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
- "Baldface Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
- "Baldface Mountain". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
- 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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