Lone Butte (British Columbia)
- Lone Butte (British Columbia)
: "See Lone Butte for other mountains of this name."Infobox Mountain
Name=Lone Butte
Photo= Lone Butte, British Columbia.jpg
Caption=
Elevation=Convert|1237|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Location=South Cariboo, British Columbia, Canada
Range=Cariboo Plateau
Prominence =Convert|58|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Coordinates =coord|51|33|11.9|N|121|11|20.1|W|type:mountain_region:CA
Topographic
NTS 92P/11
Type=Volcanic plug
Volcanic_Arc/Belt=Chilcotin Plateau Basalts
Age=
Last eruption=
First ascent=
Easiest route=
Listing=List of volcanoes in Canada
Lone Butte is a low, steep-sided mesa or volcanic plug composed of columnar basalt located on the southern Cariboo Plateau to the east of 100 Mile House. It is part of the geological formation known as the Chilcotin Plateau Basalts, which lies between the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains and the mid-Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada.
Location and terrain
Lone Butte is located Unit km|13|0 southeast of 100 Mile House and is immediately south of the recreational lake-community of Green Lake. Its appearance is like a butte-like hillrock and lies on the Cariboo Plateau, and looks similar to the more famous Devils Tower in Wyoming. [ [http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=7077 Lone Butte] in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia] The ranching and recreational community of Lone Butte is located on the mountain's north side.
ee also
*Lone Butte, British Columbia (community)
*Volcanism in Canada
References
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