Castle Rock (volcano)

Castle Rock (volcano)

Infobox Mountain
Name=Castle Rock
Photo=
Caption=
Elevation=1,862 metres (6,109 feet)
Location=Stikine Country, British Columbia, Canada
Range=Boundary Ranges
Prominence =55 m
Coordinates = coord|57|50|24.0|N|130|12|29.2|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline,title
Topographic
NTS 104G/16
Type=Volcanic neck
Volcanic_Arc/Belt=Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Age=Pleistocene
Last eruption=Pleistocene
First ascent=
Easiest route=

Castle Rock is a volcanic neck located 13 km west of Iskut and 8 km northwest of Tuktsayda Mountain in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire that includes over 160 active volcanoes and is in the Klastline Group, Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province and last erupted in the Pleistocene. [ [http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=svb_crk_063 Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Castle Rock] Retrieved on 2007-10-10]

Castle Rock is one of the top 10 Canadian volcanoes with recent seismic activity, the others include: Mount Edziza volcanic complex, Mount Cayley, Hoodoo Mountain, Lava Fork, Crow Lagoon, Mount Silverthrone, Mount Meager, Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field and Mount Garibaldi. [ [http://www.bcminerals.ca/pdf/CanadianVolcanoes-CH2005.pdf Volcanoes of Canada] Retrieved on 2007-10-10 ]

ee also

*Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
*List of volcanoes in Canada
*Volcanism in Canada

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