Whitetop Mountain (British Columbia)

Whitetop Mountain
Whitetop Mountain is located in British Columbia
Whitetop Mountain
Whitetop Mountain
Location in British Columbia
Map
Interactive map of Whitetop Mountain
Highest point
Elevation1,525 m (5,003 ft)[1]
Prominence208 m (682 ft)[1]
ListingVolcanoes of Canada
Coordinates52°38′55″N 124°33′21″W / 52.64861°N 124.55583°W / 52.64861; -124.55583[2]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
DistrictRange 3 Coast Land District
Parent rangeChilcotin Plateau
Topo mapNTS 93C10 Downton Creek[2]
Geology
Volcanic beltAnahim Volcanic Belt

Whitetop Mountain is a forested hill in the West-Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is on the northwest side of junction of the Chilcotin River and Downton Creek.[3] Whitetop is a volcanic cone of the Chilcotin Plateau and Anahim Volcanic Belt.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Whitetop Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
  2. ^ a b "Whitetop Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  3. ^ "Whitetop Mountain". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  4. ^ Kuehn, Christian; Guest, Bernard; K. Russell, James; A. Benowitz, Jeff (2015). "The Satah Mountain and Baldface Mountain volcanic fields: Pleistocene hot spot volcanism in the Anahim Volcanic Belt, west-central British Columbia, Canada". Bulletin of Volcanology. Springer: 8.
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