Buck Hill (British Columbia)

Buck Hill (British Columbia)

Infobox Mountain
Name=Buck Hill
Photo=
Caption=
Elevation=Unit m|1585|0
Location=British Columbia, Canada
Range=Shuswap Highland
Prominence =
Coordinates = coord|51|48|N|119|59|W|type:mountain_region:CA
Topographic

Type=Cinder cone
Age=Pleistocene
Last eruption=Pleistocene
First ascent=
Easiest route=

Buck Hill is a hill in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of Clearwater and west of Trophy Mountain in Wells Gray Provincial Park.

Geology

Buck Hill is a cinder cone in the Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field. It is thought to have last erupted during the latest Pleistocene during the waning stages of the Fraser Glaciation (also known as the Wisconsin Glaciation).

ee also

*List of volcanoes in Canada
*Volcanism in Canada


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