Castle Rock (volcano)

Castle Rock
Castle Rock is located in British Columbia
Castle Rock
Castle Rock
Location of Castle Rock in northern B.C.
Highest point
Elevation 1,862 m (6,109 ft)
Prominence 55 m (180 ft)
Coordinates 57°50′24.0″N 130°12′29.2″W
Geography
Location Stikine Country, British Columbia, Canada
District Cassiar Land District
Parent range Klastline Plateau (south-central Stikine Plateau)
Topo map NTS 104G16 Klastline River
Geology
Age of rock Pleistocene
Mountain type Volcanic plug
Volcanic arc/belt Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Last eruption Pleistocene

Castle Rock is a volcanic plug located 13 km (8 mi) west of Iskut and 8 km (5 mi) northwest of Tuktsayda Mountain in British Columbia, Canada. Castle Rock is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire that includes over 160 active volcanoes and is in the Klastline Group of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province and last erupted in the Pleistocene.

Castle Rock is one of ten major Canadian volcanoes with recent seismic activity, the others being the Mount Edziza volcanic complex, Mount Cayley, Hoodoo Mountain, The Volcano, Crow Lagoon, Mount Silverthrone, the Mount Meager massif, the Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field and Mount Garibaldi.

See also