South Tuya

South Tuya
Highest point
Elevation 1,850 m (6,070 ft)
Coordinates 59°12′31″N 130°30′19″W / 59.20861°N 130.50528°W / 59.20861; -130.50528
Geography
Location British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Tuya Range
Geology
Age of rock Pleistocene
Mountain type Tuya
Last eruption Pleistocene

South Tuya, also called Southern Tuya, is a tuya clustered around Tuya Lake in the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province in British Columbia, Canada. The base of South Tuya comprises hyaloclastite and pillow lava indicating that the volcano formed beneath a large lake or beneath ice.[1]

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References

  1. James G. Moore, Catherine J. Hickson, Lewis C. Calk (1995-12-10). "Tholeiitic-alkalic transition at subglacial volcanoes, Tuya region, British Columbia, Canada". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. doi:10.1029/95JB02509. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
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