Wetalth Ridge

Wetalth Ridge

Infobox Mountain
Name=Wetalth Ridge
Photo=
Caption=
Elevation=Unit m|1886|0
Location=British Columbia, Canada
Range=Spectrum Range
Prominence =Unit m|353|0
Coordinates =coord|57|13|39.0|N|130|47|08.9|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline,title
Topographic
NTS 104G/02
Type=Subglacial mound
Volcanic_Arc/Belt=Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Age=Pleistocene
Last eruption=Pleistocene
First ascent=
Easiest route=

Wetalth Ridge is an isolated ridge in northern British Columbia, Canada, located Unit km|74|0 southwest of Tatogga and south of Telegraph Creek. It lies on the southwest side of Little Arctic Lake at the southwest corner of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.

History

Wetalth Ridge was named on January 2, 1980 by the Geological Survey of Canada to recall a small group of wandering and exploited outcasts from the Tahltans called "Wetalth" people. [http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=21024 BCGNIS Geographical Name Details: Wetalth Ridge] ]

Geology

Wetalth Ridge is a volcanic feature associated with the Spectrum Range 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 beaneath glacial ice during the last ice age. [ [http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=svb_wrg_102 Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Wetalth Ridge] ]

ee also

*List of volcanoes in Canada
*Volcanism in Canada

References

External links

* [http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=21013 Wetalth Ridge] in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia


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