Nahta Cone

Nahta Cone
Nahta Cone
Elevation	1,690 m (5,545 ft)
Prominence	45 m (148 ft)
Location
Location	British Columbia, Canada
Range	Spectrum Range
Coordinates	57°18′29.9″N 130°49′14.9″W / 57.308306°N 130.820806°W / 57.308306; -130.820806Coordinates: 57°18′29.9″N 130°49′14.9″W / 57.308306°N 130.820806°W / 57.308306; -130.820806
Topo map	NTS 104G/07
Geology
Type	Cinder cone
Age of rock	Holocene
Volcanic arc/belt	Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Last eruption	Holocene

Nahta Cone is a cinder cone in northern British Columbia, Canada, located 69 km (43 mi) southwest of Tatogga, 9 km (6 mi) north of Wetalth Ridge and south of Telegraph Creek. It lies in the southwestern corner of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.

History

Nahta Cone was named on January 2, 1980 by the Geological Survey of Canada after the last seven survivors of the Wetalth people, a group outcast or exiled from the Tahltans in time past. Nahta is a Tahltan word meaning seven.^[1]

Geology

Nahta Cone is one of the youngest volcanic features in the Spectrum Range which in turn form part of the Mount Edziza-Spectrum Range volcanic complex and the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province. It formed in the Holocene period.^[2]

See also

• List of volcanoes in Canada
• List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes
• Volcanism of Canada
• Volcanism of Western Canada

References

1. ^ BCGNIS Geographical Name Details: Nahta Cone
2. ^ Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Nahta Cone

External links

• Nahta Cone in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia