Baldface Mountain volcanic field

Baldface Mountain volcanic field
Baldface Mountain volcanic field British Columbia, Canada
Highest point
Peak	Baldface Mountain
Elevation	1,798 m (5,899 ft)
Coordinates	52°45′35″N 124°31′53″W
Geography
Location	British Columbia, Canada
Geology
Volcanic belt	Anahim Volcanic Belt

The Baldface Mountain volcanic field is a volcanic field in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is located about 25 km (16 mi) east of the Itcha Range on the Chilcotin Plateau. The volcanic field contains at least eight volcanic cones and is one of two volcanic fields in the Anahim Volcanic Belt, the other being the Satah Mountain volcanic field which extends south from the Itcha Range.

Volcanic features

All features listed in this table were derived from Kuehn et al. (2015).

Name	Landform	Rock type	Age (Ma)	Coordinates
-	Cinder cone	-	-	52°44′N 124°33.8′W
-	Cinder cone	Trachybasalt	2.43	52°43.2′N 124°33.2′W
-	Eroded cone	Basanite	1.37	52°44.2′N 124°29′W
-	Eroded cone	Basalt	-	52°42.4′N 124°29.5′W
-	Eroded cone	Hawaiite	0.91	52°43.5′N 124°29.2′W
Baldface Mountain	Polygenetic cone	Trachyte, phonolite	2.52–2.37	52°32′3″N 124°45′1″W
-	Cinder cone	Trachybasalt	2.22	52°38.5′N 124°26.6′W
Whitetop Mountain	Eroded cone?	-	-	52°38.9′N 124°33.4′W

See also

• List of volcanoes in Canada
• Geology of British Columbia
• Anahim hotspot

External links

• "Baldface Mountain". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-03-02.