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South Tuya
South Tuya is located in British ColumbiaSouth TuyaSouth TuyaLocation in British Columbia
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Highest point
Elevation1,850 m (6,070 ft)
Coordinates59°12′31″N 130°30′19″W / 59.20861°N 130.50528°W / 59.20861; -130.50528
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
DistrictCassiar Land District
Parent rangeTuya Range
Geology
Rock agePleistocene
Mountain typeTuya
Last eruptionPleistocene

South Tuya, also called Southern Tuya, is a tuya clustered around Tuya Lake in the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province in British Columbia, Canada. The base of South Tuya comprises hyaloclastite and pillow lava indicating that the volcano formed beneath a large lake or beneath ice.

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References

  1. James G. Moore; Catherine J. Hickson; Lewis C. Calk (1995-12-10). "Tholeiitic-alkalic transition at subglacial volcanoes, Tuya region, British Columbia, Canada". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 100 (B12): 24577–24592. Bibcode:1995JGR...10024577M. doi:10.1029/95JB02509.
Volcanoes of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
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