Rabbit Mountain is an eroded
volcanic outcrop in the
Wrangell Volcanic Field,
Yukon Territory, Canada, located 30 km southwest of
Koidern and 4 km northwest of
Canyon Mountain. It is east of the Yukon-
Alaska boundary and can be accessed by old
mining roads that reach Rabbit Creek. Rabbit Mountain formed as a result of melting of the
crust, due to
subduction
Subduction is a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at convergent boundaries. Where the oceanic lithosphere of a tectonic plate converges with the less dense lithosphere of a second plate, the ...
of the
Pacific Plate
The Pacific Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean. At , it is the largest tectonic plate.
The plate first came into existence 190 million years ago, at the triple junction between the Farallon, Phoenix, and Iza ...
beneath the
North American Plate and last erupted during the
Pliocene. Like most volcanoes in the Yukon, Rabbit Mountain is part of the
Pacific Ring of Fire, that includes over 160 active volcanoes.
See also
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Wrangell Volcanic Field
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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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Volcanism in Canada
References
Volcanoes of Yukon
Subduction volcanoes
Two-thousanders of Yukon
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