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Mount Barr Elevation 1,907 m (6,257 ft) Prominence 137 m (449 ft) Location Location British Columbia, Canada Range Skagit Range, Cascade Mountains Coordinates 49°15′49″N 121°33′34″W / 49.26361°N 121.55944°WCoordinates: 49°15′49″N 121°33′34″W / 49.26361°N 121.55944°W Topo map NTS 092.H.05 Geology Type Intrusive Volcanic arc/belt Pemberton Volcanic Belt Mount Barr is a mountain in the Skagit Range of the Cascade Mountains of southern British Columbia, Canada, located on the northeast side of Wahleach Lake and just southwest of Hope. It is a ridge highpoint with an elevation of 1,907 m (6,257 ft).
Mount Barr is one of the numerous magmatic features just north of the Chilliwack batholith. It consists of a large circular igneous intrusion that was placed along the Fraser Fault 16 to 21 million years ago.[1][2] The intrusion is part of the Pemberton Volcanic Belt, an eroded volcanic belt that formed as a result of subduction of the Farallon Plate starting 29 million years ago.[1][3][4]
References
- ^ a b Miocene peralkaline volcanism in west-central British Columbia - Its temporal and plate-tectonics setting
- ^ Chapter 5: The Cascade Episode
- ^ Cenozoic to Recent plate configurations in the Pacific Basin: Ridge subduction and slab window magmatism in western North America
- ^ Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Franklin Glacier
External links
- "Mount Barr". BC Geographical Names. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/11699.html.
- "Mount Barr". Bivouac.com. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=28816.
Categories:- Canadian Cascades
- Mountains of British Columbia
- Lower Mainland
- Volcanism of British Columbia
- Intrusions
- Miocene volcanism
- British Columbia geography stubs
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