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Dark Mountain, formerly also known as Black Mountain, is a mountain in the Tanzilla Plateau of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of the settlement of Dease Lake, near Cry Lake.

Dark Mountain
Dark Mountain Location in British Columbia
Highest point
Elevation	1,974 m (6,476 ft)
Prominence	389 m (1,276 ft)
Listing	List of volcanoes in Canada
Coordinates	58°38′7.1″N 129°26′21.1″W
Geography
Location	British Columbia, Canada
District	Cassiar Land District
Parent range	border of Tanzilla Plateau (Stikine Plateau) & Cassiar Mountains
Topo map	NTS 104I11 Hard Lake
Geology
Mountain type	Subglacial mound
Volcanic arc/belt	Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Last eruption	Pleistocene

Before 1937 Dark Mountain was known as Black Mountain. The Canadian Geological Survey recommended a name change to avoid confusion with several similarly named features, see Black Mountain (disambiguation).

See also

• List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes
• List of volcanoes in Canada
• Volcanic history of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
• Volcanism of Canada
• Volcanism of Western Canada

References

• "Dark Mountain". BC Geographical Names.
• "Dark Mountain". Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04.
• "Stikine Volcanic Belt (Dark Mountain area)". Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes. Geological Survey of Canada. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04.

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