Nahta Cone is a cinder cone in northern British Columbia, Canada, located 69 km (43 mi) southwest of Tatogga, 9 km (6 mi) north of Wetalth Ridge and south of Telegraph Creek. It lies in the southwestern corner of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.
Nahta Cone | |
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Nahta Cone from the east | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,690 m (5,540 ft) |
Prominence | 45 m (148 ft) |
Coordinates | 57°18′29.9″N 130°49′14.9″W |
Geography | |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
Parent range | Spectrum Range |
Topo map | NTS 104G7 Mess Lake |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Holocene |
Mountain type | Cinder cone |
Volcanic arc/belt | Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province |
Last eruption | Holocene |
Nahta Cone was named on January 2, 1980 by the Geological Survey of Canada after the last seven survivors of the Wetalth people, a group outcast or exiled from the Tahltans in time past. Nahta is a Tahltan word meaning seven.[1]
Nahta Cone is one of the youngest volcanic features in the Spectrum Range which in turn form part of the Mount Edziza-Spectrum Range volcanic complex and the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province. It formed in the Holocene period.[2]
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