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Ring Mountain (British Columbia)

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Parent range
  
Pacific Ranges

Mountain type
  
Tuya

Elevation
  
2,192 m

Prominence
  
260 m

First ascender
  
John Clarke

Age of rock
  
Unknown

Last eruption
  
Unknown

First ascent
  
1968

Province
  
British Columbia

Mountain range
  
Pacific Ranges

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Location
  
British Columbia, Canada

Volcanic arc/belt
  
Canadian Cascade Arc Garibaldi Volcanic Belt

Similar
  
Little Ring Mountain, Mount Callaghan, Pyroclastic Peak, The Table, Vulcan's Thumb

Ring Mountain, also called Crucible Dome, is a tuya in the Mount Cayley volcanic field, British Columbia, Canada. It has a horseshoe shaped crater, located on the east side of the upper Squamish River. Outcrops on Ring Mountain's western side contain highly variable, fine-scale jointing and are locally broken down into many small spires and knobs. The age of Ring Mountain is unknown, but probably formed during the Fraser Glaciation like most tuyas in Canada.

Map of Ring Mountain, Squamish-Lillooet D, BC, Canada

References

Ring Mountain (British Columbia) Wikipedia