Dark Mountain volcano

Volcanic field 1972 m / 6470 ft
Canada, 58.52°N / -129.6°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Dark Mountain volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)

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Background

The Dark Mountain volcanic field in the Cassiar Mountains consists of remnants of a group of subglacial mounds now forming volcanic rock outcrops east of Dease Lake and east of the Tuya Butte and High Tuya Lake subglacial volcanic fields (Hickson et al., 1994).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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