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Pylon Peak (British Columbia)

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Parent range
  
Pacific Ranges

Age of rock
  
Pliocene

Elevation
  
2,481 m

Prominence
  
311 m

Last eruption
  
Pleistocene

Topo map
  
NTS 92J/12

Mountain type
  
Stratovolcano

First ascent
  
1931

Province
  
British Columbia

Mountain range
  
Pacific Ranges

Location
  
British Columbia, Canada

Volcanic arc/belt
  
Canadian Cascade Arc Garibaldi Volcanic Belt

Similar
  
Ring Mountain, Plinth Peak, Pyroclastic Peak, Mount Frederick William, Mount Arthur

Pylon Peak is the southernmost summit of the six named volcanic peaks of Mount Meager in British Columbia, Canada. Two pinnacled ridges extend from Pylon and are named respectively the Pylons and the Marionettes. Pylon Peak overlooks the Meager Creek Hot Springs.

Map of Pylon Peak, Squamish-Lillooet C, BC, Canada

Erosional remnants of flows from Devastator Peak form the stratified crags of Pylon Peak. These flows occurred 0.5–1.0 million years ago.

References

Pylon Peak (British Columbia) Wikipedia