Snowshoe lava field

Snowshoe lava field

The Snowshoe lava field is a volcanic field associated with the Mount Edziza volcanic complex in northern British Columbia, Canada. It is on the southern end of the Big Raven Plateau and is an area of young lava flows.

Volcanoes

The volcanoes within the field include:

*Cocoa Crater [ [http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=svb_ccn_088 Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Cocoa Cone] ]
*Coffee Crater [ [http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=svb_ccr_089 Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Coffee Crater] ]
*Kena Cone [ [http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=svb_kcn_090 Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Kena Cone] ]
*Sheep Track Pumice [ [http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=svb_stp_093 Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Sheep Track Pumice] ]
*Tennena Cone [ [http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=svb_tcn_094 Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Tennena Cone] ]
*The Saucer [ [http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=svb_tsu_091 Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: The Saucer] ]
*Walkout Creek [ [http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=svb_wcr_092 Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Walkout Creek] ]

ee also

*Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
*Volcanism in Canada
*Desolation lava field

References


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