Pillow Ridge is a ridge of the Tahltan Highland in northern British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of Telegraph Creek. It extends northwest from Mount Edziza in Mount Edziza Provincial Park.[1]
Pillow Ridge | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,400 m (7,900 ft) |
Coordinates | 57°45′34″N 130°39′6″W |
Geography | |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
District | Cassiar Land District |
Parent range | Tahltan Highland |
Topo map | NTS 104G15 Buckley Lake |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Pleistocene |
Mountain type | Subglacial mound |
Volcanic arc/belt | Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province |
Last eruption | Pleistocene |
As its name suggests, Pillow Ridge was named on January 2, 1980 by the Geological Survey of Canada for the classic exposures of subaqueous pillow lava that form the ridge.[1]
Pillow Ridge is a volcanic feature associated with the Mount Edziza 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 beneath glacial ice during the last ice age.[2]
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