Fiftytwo Ridge

Infobox Mountain
Name=Fiftytwo Ridge
Photo=
Caption=
Elevation=Unit m|1886|0
Location=British Columbia, Canada
Range=
Prominence =Unit m|353|0
Coordinates =coord|51.93|N|119.89|W|type:mountain
Topographic

Type=Subglacial volcano
Volcanic_Arc/Belt=Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field
Age=Pleistocene
Last eruption=Pleistocene
First ascent=
Easiest route=

Wetalth Ridge is a mountain ridge in east-central British Columbia, Canada, located just southwest of Battle Mountain at the southeastern end of Wells Gray Provincial Park.

Geology

Fiftytwo Ridge is a volcanic feature associated with the Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field. It is a subglacial volcano that formed in the Pleistocene period when this area was buried beaneath glacial ice during the last ice age. [ [http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=svb_ftr_020 Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Fiftytwo Ridge] ] The several potholes on the ridge are volcanic craters filled with water called maars. [http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin.bcg10?name=37835 BCGNIS Geographical Name Details: Fiftytwo Ridge] ] This is the only maar-like volcano known in Canada. [ [http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/type_e.php Volcanoes of Canada] - Types of volcanoes. Retrieved on 2007-10-14]

ee also

*List of volcanoes in Canada
*Volcanism in Canada

References