- Mount Callaghan
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Mount Callaghan Elevation 2,409 m (7,904 ft) Prominence 914 m (2,999 ft) Location Location British Columbia, Canada Range Pacific Ranges Coordinates 50°13′40.0″N 123°15′57.0″W / 50.22778°N 123.26583°WCoordinates: 50°13′40.0″N 123°15′57.0″W / 50.22778°N 123.26583°W Topo map NTS 92J/03 Geology Volcanic arc/belt Cascade Volcanic Arc Garibaldi Volcanic Belt Mount Callaghan is a volcanic peak located east of the headwaters of the Squamish River,[1] just northeast of the Powder Mountain Icefield and just south of the Pemberton Icefield in the Sea to Sky Country of southwestern British Columbia, Canada, about 20 km directly west of the Resort Municipality of Whistler. A crack was observed across Callaghan's summit in the spring of 1999. In 2000, a section of the summit collapsed.[2] Callaghan Lake lies below the south face of the mountain.
See also
- Callaghan Lake Provincial Park
- Callaghan Valley
- Volcanism of Canada
- Volcanism of Western Canada
- List of volcanoes in Canada
References
- ^ "Mount Callaghan". BC Geographical Names. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/9928.html.
- ^ Mount Callaghan in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2007-10-10
Volcanoes of the Garibaldi Volcanic BeltBlack Tusk · Brew · Bridge River (Tuber · Salal Glacier · Sham) · Callaghan · Cauldron · Cayley (Pyroclastic · Vulcan's Thumb) · Cinder Cone · Ember · Fee · Franklin Glacier · Garibaldi (Atwell · Opal) · Glacier Pikes · Little Ring · Meager (Capricorn · Devastator · Job · Perkin's Pillar · Plinth · Pylon) · Monmouth Creek (The Castle) · Pali · Price (Clinker) · Ring · Round · Silverthrone (Silverthrone · Machmell River) · Slag · The Table · Tricouni Southwest · Watts PointSee also: Volcanism of Canada portal Categories:- Volcanoes of British Columbia
- Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
- Sea to Sky Country
- Subduction volcanoes
- Mountains of British Columbia
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