Nahta Cone
Nahta Cone from the east
Highest point
Elevation1,690 m (5,540 ft)
Prominence45 m (148 ft)
Coordinates57°18′29.9″N 130°49′14.9″W / 57.308306°N 130.820806°W / 57.308306; -130.820806
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Parent rangeSpectrum Range
Topo mapNTS 104G7 Mess Lake
Geology
Age of rockHolocene
Mountain typeCinder cone
Volcanic arc/beltNorthern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Last eruptionHolocene

Nahta Cone is a cinder cone in northern British Columbia, Canada, located 69 km (43 mi) southwest of Tatogga, 2 km (1 mi) west of Wetalth Ridge and south of Telegraph Creek. It lies in the southwestern corner of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.

History

Nahta Cone was named on January 2, 1980 by the Geological Survey of Canada after the last seven survivors of the Wetalth people, a group outcast or exiled from the Tahltans in time past. Nahta is a Tahltan word meaning seven.[1]

Geology

Nahta Cone is one of the youngest volcanic features in the Spectrum Range which in turn form part of the Mount Edziza-Spectrum Range volcanic complex and the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province. It formed in the Holocene period.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Nahta Cone". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Nahta Cone Archived 2010-12-11 at the Wayback Machine


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