Cocoa Crater

Cocoa Crater
Elevation	2,123 m (6,965 ft)
Prominence	168 m (551 ft)
Location
Location	British Columbia, Canada
Range	Tahltan Highland
Coordinates	57°39′N 130°42′W / 57.65°N 130.7°W / 57.65; -130.7
Topo map	NTS 104G/10
Geology
Type	Cinder cone
Age of rock	Holocene
Last eruption	Holocene

Cocoa Crater is a cinder cone in the Stikine Country of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is located 38 km southeast of Telegraph Creek and 8 m (26 ft) southwest of Mount Edziza. Cocoa Crater is one of the 30 cinder cones around the Mount Edziza conplex that formed in the year 700. The ash around Cocoa Crater is quite deep, its summit is a jet black color and its summit is red. It is quite a different color from the brown color of Coffee Crater, which is to the south of Cocoa Crater.

See also

• Mount Edziza
• Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
• List of volcanoes in Canada
• List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes
• Volcanic history of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
• Volcanism of Canada
• Volcanism of Western Canada

References

• "Cocoa Crater". BC Geographical Names. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/10266.html.