Pillow Ridge

Pillow Ridge
Map
Highest point
Elevation2,400 m (7,900 ft)
Coordinates57°45′34″N 130°39′6″W / 57.75944°N 130.65167°W / 57.75944; -130.65167
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
DistrictCassiar Land District
Parent rangeTahltan Highland
Topo mapNTS 104G15 Buckley Lake
Geology
Rock agePleistocene
Mountain typeSubglacial mound
Rock typePillow Formation alkali basalt
Volcanic regionNorthern Cordilleran Province
Last eruptionPleistocene

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]

History

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]

Geology

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 glacial period.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Pillow Ridge". BC Geographical Names.
  2. ^ "Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Pillow Ridge". Archived from the original on 2007-11-10. Retrieved 2008-05-02.