Outcast Hill

Outcast Hill
Highest point
Elevation 1,800 m (5,900 ft)
Coordinates 57°23′24.0″N 130°46′27.0″W / 57.390000°N 130.774167°W / 57.390000; -130.774167Coordinates: 57°23′24.0″N 130°46′27.0″W / 57.390000°N 130.774167°W / 57.390000; -130.774167
Geography
Location British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Spectrum Range
Topo map NTS 104G/07
Geology
Age of rock Pleistocene
Mountain type Cinder cone
Volcanic arc/belt Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Last eruption Pleistocene

Outcast Hill is an isolated hill in northern British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of Mess Lake. It lies at the southern end of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.

History

Outcast Hill was named on 2 January 1980 by the Geological Survey of Canada after the Wetalth people, a group of people who lived here in times past, outcast or exiled from the Tahltans.[1]

Geology

Outcast Hill is a volcanic feature associated with the Spectrum Range volcanic complex which in turn form part of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province. It is a cinder cone that formed in the Pleistocene period.[2]

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