Pillow Ridge is a
ridge
A ridge or a mountain ridge is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for an extended distance. The sides of the ridge slope away from the narrow top on either side. The line ...
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
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
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History
As its name suggests, Pillow Ridge was named on January 2, 1980 by the
Geological Survey of Canada for the classic exposures of subaqueous
pillow lava that form the ridge.
Geology
Pillow Ridge is a volcanic feature associated with the
Mount Edziza volcanic complex which in turn form part of the
Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province. It is a
subglacial mound that formed in the
Pleistocene period when this area was buried beneath glacial ice during the last
ice age.
See also
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List of volcanoes in Canada
List of volcanoes in Canada is an incomplete list of volcanoes found in Mainland Canada, in the Canadian islands and in Canadian waters. All but one province, Prince Edward Island, have at least one volcano.
Alberta
British Columbia
Ne ...
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List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes
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Volcanism of Canada
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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 ...
References
Subglacial mounds of Canada
Mount Edziza volcanic complex
Ridges of British Columbia
Ridges of Canada
Pleistocene volcanoes
Monogenetic volcanoes
Two-thousanders of British Columbia
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