Baldface Mountain volcanic field facts for kids
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 Baldface Mountain volcanic field
Location in British Columbia
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Baldface Mountain |
| Elevation | 1,798 m (5,899 ft) |
| Geography | |
| Location | British Columbia, Canada |
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| 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 |
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| - | Cinder cone | - | - | 52°44′N 124°33.8′W / 52.733°N 124.5633°W |
| - | Cinder cone | Trachybasalt | 2.43 | 52°43.2′N 124°33.2′W / 52.7200°N 124.5533°W |
| - | Eroded cone | Basanite | 1.37 | 52°44.2′N 124°29′W / 52.7367°N 124.483°W |
| - | Eroded cone | Basalt | - | 52°42.4′N 124°29.5′W / 52.7067°N 124.4917°W |
| - | Eroded cone | Hawaiite | 0.91 | 52°43.5′N 124°29.2′W / 52.7250°N 124.4867°W |
| Baldface Mountain | Polygenetic cone | Trachyte, phonolite | 2.52–2.37 | 52°32′3″N 124°45′1″W / 52.53417°N 124.75028°W |
| - | Cinder cone | Trachybasalt | 2.22 | 52°38.5′N 124°26.6′W / 52.6417°N 124.4433°W |
| Whitetop Mountain | Eroded cone? | - | - | 52°38.9′N 124°33.4′W / 52.6483°N 124.5567°W |
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