Nuthinaw Mountain

Nuthinaw Mountain
Highest point
Elevation 1,732 m (5,682 ft)
Prominence 427 m (1,401 ft)
Listing List of volcanoes in Canada
Coordinates 58°47′24.0″N 131°03′46.1″W / 58.790000°N 131.062806°W / 58.790000; -131.062806
Geography
Location British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Stikine Plateau
Topo map NTS 104J/14
Geology
Mountain type Subglacial mound
Volcanic arc/belt Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Last eruption Pleistocene

Nuthinaw Mountain is a mountain on the Stikine Plateau in northern British Columbia, Canada, located east of Tutsingale Mountain and 72 km (45 mi) northwest of Dease Lake on the north side of Tachilta Lakes. It is a product of subglacial volcanism during the Pleistocene period when this area was covered by thick glacial ice, forming a subglacial volcano that never broke through the overlying glacial ice known as a subglacial mound.

Nuthinaw is a Tahltan name meaning Cariboo fence went right into mountain.[1]

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