Pali Dome facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Pali Dome |
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Mount Cayley volcanic field
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| Listing | List of volcanoes in Canada List of Cascade volcanoes |
| Geography | |
| Location | British Columbia, Canada |
| Parent range | Pacific Ranges |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Subglacial volcano |
| Volcanic arc/belt | Canadian Cascade Arc Garibaldi Volcanic Belt |
| Last eruption | Pleistocene/Holocene |
Pali Dome is a subglacial volcano in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Mount Cayley volcanic field and its elevation is 2,250 m (7,380 ft). For the past 2 million years, the Mount Cayley volcanic field has had interactions between ice and lava which have created some unique landforms and an in-ice drainage system."Pali" comes from the Hawaiian word that means cliff or steep hill, while dome refers to the lava dome, which is when doughy lava flows from a volcanic vent which is usually rounded and flat on top.
One of the last known eruptions of the Pali Dome was over 10,000 years ago.
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