Mount Edziza volcanic complex

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The Mount Edziza volcanic complex is a large and potentially active north-south trending complex volcano in Stikine Country, northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located 38 kilometres southeast of the small community of Telegraph Creek. It occupies the southeastern portion of the Tahltan Highland, an upland area of plateau and lower mountain ranges, lying east of the Boundary Ranges and south of the Inklin River, which is the east fork of the Taku River. As a volcanic complex, it consists of many types of volcanoes, including shield volcanoes, calderas, lava domes, stratovolcanoes, and cinder cones. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 9144 ftProminence: 5741 ftCoordinates: 57°42'56"N, 130°38'2"W

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Mount Edziza volcanic complex – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Edziza, Ice Peak, Pillow Ridge, Williams Cone.

~280 ftW
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Mount Edziza, Mount Edziza Provincial Park
2 min walk • Mount Edziza is a stratovolcano in the Stikine Country of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. The volcano and the surrounding area are protected within Mount Edziza Provincial Park.
1.7 miS
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Ice Peak, Mount Edziza Provincial Park
45 min walk • Ice Peak is a stratovolcano, located 39 km west of Tatogga and 3 km south of Mount Edziza, British Columbia, Canada. It overlaps the 7.5-million-year-old Armadillo Peak.
3.1 miN
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Pillow Ridge, Mount Edziza Provincial Park
79 min walk • Pillow Ridge is a ridge of the Tahltan Highland in northern British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of Telegraph Creek. It extends northwest from Mount Edziza in Mount Edziza Provincial Park.
4.6 miN
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Williams Cone, Mount Edziza Provincial Park
118 min walk • Williams Cone is a satellite cone of Mount Edziza, located 36 km east of Telegraph Creek. It lies just off the northern edge of the Tencho Icefield and is one of the many postglacial cinder cones that lie on the Mount Edziza volcanic complex.
4.3 miW
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Big Raven Plateau, Mount Edziza Provincial Park
110 min walk • The Big Raven Plateau is a lava plateau in northern British Columbia, Canada, located west of Mount Edziza in Mount Edziza Provincial Park and Recreation Area. It is part of the Tahltan Highland, which is the southwestern sub-region of the Stikine Plateau.
4.3 miNW
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Tsekone Ridge, Mount Edziza Provincial Park
110 min walk • Tsekone Ridge, also called Tsekone Peak and Black Knight Cone, is an isolated ridge on the Big Raven Plateau of the Tahltan Highland in northwestern British Columbia, Canada.
4.4 miSW
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Koosick Bluff, Mount Edziza Provincial Park
113 min walk • Koosick Bluff is a volcanic bluff in Cassiar Land District in northern British Columbia, Canada. It is located in Mount Edziza Provincial Park and Recreation Area, just northwest of Cocoa Crater and southwest of Mount Edziza.
0.6 miE
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Nanook Dome, Mount Edziza Provincial Park
16 min walk • Nanook Dome is a lava dome in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located just northeast of Mount Edziza in Mount Edziza Provincial Park. It last erupted during the Pleistocene epoch.
2.4 miSW
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Tennena Cone, Mount Edziza Provincial Park
61 min walk • Tennena Cone is a subglacial mound in northern British Columbia, Canada, located just southwest of Mount Edziza in Mount Edziza Provincial Park.
3.7 miSE
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The Neck, Mount Edziza Provincial Park
95 min walk • The Neck is a mountain in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located in Mount Edziza Provincial Park. It is a volcanic feature of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province that formed in the past 1.6 million years of the Pleistocene epoch.
2.8 miSW
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Ornostay Bluff, Mount Edziza Provincial Park
72 min walk • Ornostay Bluff is a volcanic bluff in northern British Columbia, Canada, located just southwest of Mount Edziza in Mount Edziza Provincial Park and southeast of Telegraph Creek.

Mount Edziza volcanic complex

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Mount Edziza volcanic complex – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)