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Coordinates: 57°42′49″N 130°45′06″W / 57.71361°N 130.75167°W / 57.71361; -130.75167
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Big Raven Plateau
Satellite image of the Big Raven Plateau
Satellite image of the Big Raven Plateau
Big Raven Plateau is located in British Columbia
Big Raven Plateau
Big Raven Plateau
Location in British Columbia
Coordinates: 57°42′49″N 130°45′06″W / 57.71361°N 130.75167°W / 57.71361; -130.75167[1]
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
RangeTahltan Highland[2]
Part ofMount Edziza complex[3]
Topo map104G10 Mount Edziza[1]
DesignationMount Edziza Provincial Park[2]

The Big Raven Plateau is a lava plateau

Geography and geomorphology[edit]

Location[edit]

Cassiar Land District

Tahltan Highland

Mount Edziza volcanic complex

Structure[edit]

Mount Edziza

Mess Creek Escarpment

Landforms[edit]

Mount Edziza[edit]

Desolation Lava Field[edit]

Sleet Cone

Storm Cone

Triplex Cones

Sidas Cone

Twin Cone

Moraine Cone

Eve Cone

Williams Cone

Snowshoe Lava Field[edit]

Tennena Cone

Coffee Crater

Cocoa Crater

Keda Cone

The Saucer

Isolated landforms[edit]

Hoia Bluff

Kaia Bluff

Camp Hill

Cartoona Peak

Tsekone Ridge

Kana Cone

Drainage[edit]

Geology[edit]

Background[edit]

Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province

Composition[edit]

Stratigraphy[edit]

Raspberry Formation

Armadillo Formation

Nido Formation (Tenchen Member)

Ice Peak Formation

Klastline Formation

Big Raven Formation

Basement[edit]

Stikinia

Human history[edit]

Yukon Telegraph Trail

Mount Edziza Provincial Park

Accessibility[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Big Raven Plateau". BC Geographical Names. Archived from the original on 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  2. ^ a b Telegraph Creek, Cassiar Land District, British Columbia (Topographic map) (3 ed.). 1:250,000. A502 (in English and French). Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. 1989. Archived from the original on 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  3. ^ Souther 1992, p. 32.

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