Stockton Hill

Stockton Hill

Infobox Mountain
Name=Stockton Hill
Photo=
Caption=
Elevation=Convert|1574|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Location=British Columbia, Canada
Range=Bonaparte Plateau, Thompson Plateau
Prominence =Convert|156|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Coordinates =coord|51|10|36.1|N|120|33|20.2|W|type:mountain_region:CA
Topographic
NTS 92P/02
Type=Volcanic plug
Volcanic_Arc/Belt=Chilcotin Plateau Basalts
Age=
Last eruption=
First ascent=
Easiest route=
Listing=List of volcanoes in Canada

Stockton Hill is a volcanic plug located in the formation known as the Chilcotin Plateau Basalts, which lie between the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains and the mid-Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada.

Location and terrain

Stockton Hill is located a butte-like rocky hill atop the Bonaparte Plateau at the head of the Deadman River and 7 km} south of Bonaparte Lake and Unit km|30|0 west of Barriere and northeast of Silwhoaikun. There are other summits higher than Unit m|1500|0 in the hills in the immediate area, but Stockton Hill is the highest, and the most distinct and steep-sided. [ [http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=11053 Stockton Hill] in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia] . Bare Lake is immediately north, Elbow Lake to the southwest, and an unnamed lake to the south-southeast.

ee also

*List of volcanoes in Canada
*Volcanism in Canada
*Skoatl Point

References


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