Squamish

sopka (bez známé erupce za posledních ~12 000 let), Canada, North America Volcanic Regions

Kde

Canada, North America Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Volcanic field

Nadmořská výška

790 m

Poloha

49,650°, -123,220°

The Squamish volcanic field contains the southernmost vents of the Garibaldi volcanic belt. Late Pleistocene eruptions formed The Castle, a dramatic strongly jointed spire above the town of Squamish formed by ice contact lava extrusion (Mathews, 1958), and Watts Point, on Howe Sound south of Squamish, formed by subglacial valley floor lava extrusion. The dacite flows at Watts Point are Potassium-Argon dated at 0.09 and 0.13 million years (Green et al., 1988).

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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