Dark Mountain

Dark Mountain, formerly also known as Black Mountain, is a mountain in the Tanzilla Plateau of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of the settlement of Dease Lake, near Cry Lake.

Dark Mountain
Dark Mountain
Location in British Columbia
Highest point
Elevation1,974 m (6,476 ft)
Prominence389 m (1,276 ft)
ListingList of volcanoes in Canada
Coordinates58°38′7.1″N 129°26′21.1″W
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Parent rangeborder of Tanzilla Plateau (Stikine Plateau) & Cassiar Mountains
Geology
Mountain typeSubglacial mound
Volcanic arc/beltNorthern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Last eruptionPleistocene

Before 1937 Dark Mountain was known as Black Mountain. The Canadian Geological Survey recommended a name change to avoid confusion with several similarly named features, see Black Mountain (disambiguation).

See also

References

  • "Dark Mountain". BC Geographical Names.
  • "Dark Mountain". Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04.
  • "Stikine Volcanic Belt (Dark Mountain area)". Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes. Geological Survey of Canada. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04.


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