Price Island is an
island on the coast of the
Canadian province
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...
of
British Columbia. It is located at the southeastern end of
Hecate Strait and the northeastern end of
Queen Charlotte Sound. The southernmost point of Price Island, called Day Point, is used to delineate the boundary between Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound.
Milbanke Sound is just to the south of Price Island. Laredo Sound is just north.
lies just north of Price Island. The main
Inside Passage route crosses Milbanke Sound and enters
Finlayson Channel just east of Price Island. Price Island is located within the
Kitimat-Stikine Regional District.
Price Island is long and wide. It is in area.
Price Island was named in 1866 by Captain
Daniel Pender of the Royal Navy, after Captain John Adolphus Pope Price, also of the Royal Navy.
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Price Island is part of a volcanic centre called the Milbanke Sound Group which includes several monogenetic ]cinder cone
A cinder cone (or scoria cone) is a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as volcanic clinkers, volcanic ash, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent. The pyroclastic fragments are formed by explosive eruptions o ...
s. Holocene basaltic lava flows from Price Island overlie adjacent beach deposits.Global Volcanism Program: Milbanke Sound Group
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See also
*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 ...
References
External links
Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Price Island
Islands of British Columbia
Central Coast of British Columbia
Range 3 Coast Land District
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