- Mount Skukum Volcanic Complex
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Mount Skukum Volcanic Complex Elevation 2,382 m (7,815 ft) Prominence 997 m (3,271 ft) Location Location Yukon, Canada Range Coast Mountains Coordinates 60°11′40.9″N 135°29′24.0″W / 60.194694°N 135.49°WCoordinates: 60°11′40.9″N 135°29′24.0″W / 60.194694°N 135.49°W Topo map NTS 115D/03 Geology Type Caldera Age of rock Eocene Last eruption Eocene Climbing Easiest route Scramble The Mount Skukum Volcanic Complex is an early Eocene caldera complex, located 43 km west of Carcross and 32 km northeast of Mount Porsild in the Yukon Territory, Canada. The complex composes the Skukum Group. It is a northeast-trending complex of subaerial volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks covering 140 km2.
The Mount Skukum Volcanic Complex was formed when the ancient Kula Plate was subducting under North America during the early Eocene period.
See also
- Volcanism of Northern Canada
- Bennett Lake Volcanic Complex
- List of volcanoes of Canada
External links
- Mount Skukum in the Canadian Mountain encyclopedia.
Categories:- Volcanoes of Yukon
- Subduction volcanoes
- Volcanic calderas of Canada
- Complex volcanoes
- Eocene volcanoes
- Yukon geography stubs
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