- Mount Noel
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Mount Noel Elevation 2,541 m (8,337 ft) Prominence 696 m (2,283 ft) Location Location Bridge River Country, British Columbia, Canada Coordinates 50°42′46.0″N 122°51′26.0″W / 50.71278°N 122.85722°WCoordinates: 50°42′46.0″N 122°51′26.0″W / 50.71278°N 122.85722°W Topo map NTS 92J/10 Geology Type Complex volcano Age of rock Miocene Volcanic arc/belt Chilcotin Group Climbing First ascent Unknown Mount Noel is a Miocene volcanic complex in the Chilcotin Group in British Columbia, Canada, located 7 km (4 mi) southwest of Bralorne and north of a tributary of Noel Creek. It is 150 km (93 mi) east of the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt and is made up of flat-lying, columnar-jointed basalt flows along with debris flows and minor pyroclastic rocks. Mount Noel is thought to have formed as a result of back-arc extension behind the Cascadia subduction zone.
See also
- List of volcanoes in Canada
- Volcanism of Canada
- Volcanism of Western Canada
References
- Mount Noel in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
Categories:- Volcanoes of British Columbia
- Mountains of British Columbia
- Complex volcanoes
- Rift volcanoes
- Bridge River Country
- Miocene volcanoes
- Polygenetic volcanoes
- British Columbia Interior geography stubs
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