Wetalth Ridge Explained

Wetalth Ridge
Elevation M:1886
Prominence M:353
Location:British Columbia, Canada
District:Cassiar Land District
Range:Tahltan Highland
Coordinates:57.3039°N -130.7872°W
Topo Maker:NTS
Type:Subglacial mound
Age:Pleistocene
Volcanic Arc/Belt:Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Last Eruption:Pleistocene

Wetalth Ridge is an isolated ridge in northern British Columbia, Canada, located 740NaN0 southwest of Tatogga and south of Telegraph Creek. It lies on the southwest side of Little Arctic Lake at the southwest corner of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.

History

Wetalth Ridge was named on January 2, 1980 by the Geological Survey of Canada to recall a small group of wandering and exploited outcasts from the Tahltans called "Wetalth" people.[1]

Geology

Wetalth Ridge is a volcanic feature associated with the Mount Edziza volcanic complex which in turn forms part of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province. It is a subglacial mound that formed in the Pleistocene epoch when this area was buried beneath glacial ice during the last ice age.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. 21024. Wetalth Ridge.
  2. http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=svb_wrg_102 Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Wetalth Ridge