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Kitasu Hill
The best preserved volcano in the Milbanke Sound group is Kitasu Hill, a symmetrical pyroclastic cone rising above the southern shore of Swindle Island to a crescent-shaped summit crater at an elevation of 250 m. It consists mainly of subaerial tephra and volcanic bombs enclosing remnants of olivine basalt flows.
| Kitasu Hill | |
|---|---|
| Type of volcanic feature: | Monogenetic cinder cone |
| Additional volcanic features: | |
| Region: | British Columbia |
| Volcanic belt: | Anahim volcanic belt |
| Area: | Milbanke Sound Cones |
| Latitude: | 52°30'34" N |
| Longitude: | 128°43'35" W |
| Age of last eruption: | Holocene (0-0.01 Ma) |
| Summit elevation: | |
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