Felsite Peak

Felsite Peak

Infobox Mountain
Name=Felsite Peak
Photo=
Caption=
Elevation=2,530 metres (8,301 feet)
Location=Yukon, Canada
Range=Wrangell Volcanic Field, Coast Mountains
Prominence =670 m
Coordinates = coord|60|32|58.2|N|138|27|33.5|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline,title
Topographic
NTS 115B/09
Type=Outcrop
Age=Pliocene
Last eruption=Pliocene
First ascent=
Easiest route=

Felsite Peak is an eroded volcanic outcrop in the Wrangell Volcanic Field, Yukon Territory, Canada, located 54 km south of Silver City, 8 km southwest of Snowshoe Peak and 30 km east of Pinnacle Peak. Felsite Peak was named after Felsite Creek and has a triple summit on the east side of the Disappointment Glacier and at the head of Felsite Creek. It formed as a result of melting of the crust, due to subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the North American Plate and last erupted during the Pliocene. Like most volcanoes in the Yukon, it is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, that includes over 160 active volcanoes.

ee also

*Wrangell Volcanic Field
*List of volcanoes in Canada
*Volcanoes of Canada

External links

* [http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=wvb_fck_001 Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes]
* [http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=14487 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia]


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