The Kitsu Plateau is a
lava plateau in northern
British Columbia,
Canada, located east of
Mess Lake
The mess (also called a mess deck aboard ships) is a designated area where military personnel socialize, eat and (in some cases) live. The term is also used to indicate the groups of military personnel who belong to separate messes, such as the o ...
in
Mount Edziza Provincial Park
Mount Edziza Provincial Park is a provincial park in Cassiar Land District of northern British Columbia, Canada. It was established on 27 July 1972 to protect the Mount Edziza volcanic complex and the surrounding Tahltan Highland.
Geography
The p ...
. It is named in association with
Kitsu Peak
Kitsu Peak is the highest summit of the Spectrum Range at the southern end of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is bounded on the west by Nagha Creek valley, on the northwest by the Kitsu Plateau, on ...
and
Kitsu Creek. ''Kitsu'' in the
Tahltan language is the word for the northern lights.
BCGNIS entry "Kitsu Peak"
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See also
*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 ...
* Mount Edziza volcanic complex
References
Lava plateaus
Plateaus of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex
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