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Grizzly Butte
Highest point
Elevation 1,412 m (4,633 ft)
Prominence 65 m (213 ft)
Geography
Location British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Kawdy Plateau (northern Stikine Plateau)
Topo map NTS 82L/03
Geology
Age of rock Holocene
Mountain type Shield volcano
Last eruption Holocene

Grizzly Butte small shield volcano located in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is Holocene in age and stands in relief above the surrounding area north of the Nazcha Creek and comprises the West Tuya lava field with West Vent and Volcano Vent. It is one of the three small shield volcanoes in the Tuya Volcanic Field which in turn form part of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province.

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