Earth:Mount Noel

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Short description: Mountain in Canada
Mount Noel
Highest point
Elevation2,541 m (8,337 ft) [1]
Prominence696 m (2,283 ft) [2]
ListingMountains of British Columbia
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 50°42′46″N 122°51′26″W / 50.71278°N 122.85722°W / 50.71278; -122.85722[3]
Geography
LocationBridge River Country, British Columbia, Canada
DistrictLillooet Land District
Parent rangePacific Ranges
Topo mapNTS Script error: No such module "Canada NTS".[3]
Geology
Age of rockMiocene
Mountain typeComplex volcano
Volcanic arc/beltChilcotin Group
Climbing
First ascentUnknown

Mount Noel is a Miocene volcanic complex in the Chilcotin Group in British Columbia, Canada , located 7 km (4 mi) southwest of Bralorne and north of a tributary of Noel Creek. It is 150 km (93 mi) east of the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt and is made up of flat-lying, columnar-jointed basalt flows along with debris flows and minor pyroclastic rocks. Mount Noel is thought to have formed as a result of back-arc extension behind the Cascadia subduction zone.[citation needed]

See also

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

References