Lightning Peak

Lightning Peak

Infobox Mountain
Name=Lightning Peak
Photo=
Caption=
Elevation=2,139 metres (7,018 feet)
Location=British Columbia, Canada
Range=
Prominence =154 m
Coordinates = coord|49|52|44.0|N|118|31|20.2|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline,title
Topographic
NTS 82E/15
Type=Outcrop
Age=Pliocene
Last eruption=Pliocene
First ascent=
Easiest route=

Lightning Peak is an eroded volcanic outcrop in the Chilcotin Plateau Basalts, British Columbia, Canada, located 31 km west of Needles. It is in the Kelowna area, and peridot can be found at this peak. Lightning Peak is thought to have formed as a result of extension of the crust behind the coastal subduction zone and last erupted during the Pliocene. Like most volcanoes in British Columbia, Lightning Peak is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, that includes over 160 active volcanoes.

ee also

*Chilcotin Plateau Basalts
*List of volcanoes in Canada


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