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Dragon Cone

Figure A11. Dragon ConeDragon cone is the source of the 15 km long Dragon's tongue lava flow that dams Clearwater Lake. The cone, made up of cinders, blocks, and bombs, is perched on the side of a ridge of metamorphic rock. (Photograph by C.J. Hickson (Geological Survey of Canada))
Figure A11. Dragon Cone

Dragon cone is the source of the 15 km long Dragon's tongue lava flow that dams Clearwater Lake. The cone, made up of cinders, blocks, and bombs, is perched on the side of a ridge of metamorphic rock.

(Photograph by C.J. Hickson (Geological Survey of Canada))

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Dragon Cone
Type of volcanic feature: Cinder cone
Additional volcanic features:  
Region: British Columbia
Volcanic belt: Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field
Area: Wells Gray-northeast
Latitude: 52.25 N
Longitude: 120.02 W
Age of last eruption: Holocene (0-0.01 Ma)
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Base elevation:  

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