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Tencho Glacier
Tencho Glacier is a mountain glacier in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is located inside Mount Edziza Provincial Park on the Tahltan Highland, an upland area of the Stikine Plateau. Tencho Glacier is the source of several small streams that flow from the Mount Edziza volcanic complex. Etymology The name of the glacier was suggested by the Geological Survey of Canada on November 15, 1979, and eventually became official on November 24, 1980. ''Tencho'' is derived from the Tahltan words ''ten'' and ''cho'', which mean ''ice'' and ''big'' or ''great'' respectively. This glacier is so-named because it is the largest glacier of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex. Geography Tencho Glacier originates from Ice Peak and Tennena Cone on the southern flank of Mount Edziza. Its southern terminus is surrounded by Kaia Bluff in the southeast, Coffee Crater in the south and Cocoa Crater in the southwest. Unnamed tributaries of Taweh Creek originate from the southwestern side of Tencho G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coffee Crater
Coffee Crater is a well-preserved cinder cone south of Mount Edziza, British Columbia, Canada. It was formed during the Holocene period. It is within the Snowshoe lava field, part of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex. See also *List of volcanoes in Canada * List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes * Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province * Mount Edziza * Volcanism of Canada *Volcanism of Western Canada Volcanism of Western Canada has produced lava flows, lava plateaus, lava domes, cinder cones, stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes, greenstone belts, submarine volcanoes, calderas, diatremes and maars, along with examples of more less common volcanic ... External links * * Cinder cones of British Columbia Mount Edziza volcanic complex Holocene volcanoes Monogenetic volcanoes Two-thousanders of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaInterior-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |