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Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes
Mount Edziza

Figure A23. Mount EdzizaMount Edziza is the remnant of a large shield volcano, now heavily eroded by overriding glaciers. The peak is 2590 m high. (Photograph by C.J. Hickson (Geological Survey of Canada))
Figure A23. Mount Edziza

Mount Edziza is the remnant of a large shield volcano, now heavily eroded by overriding glaciers. The peak is 2590 m high.

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

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Mount Edziza
Type of volcanic feature: Stratovolcano
Additional volcanic features:  
Region: British Columbia
Volcanic belt: Stikine volcanic belt
Area: Mount Edziza
Latitude: 57.72 N
Longitude: 130.63 W
Age of last eruption: Pleistocene (0.01-1.6 Ma)
Summit elevation:  
Base elevation:  

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