Mount Edziza Provincial Park
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Provincial park in British Columbia
Mount Edziza Provincial Park | |
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Location | Cassiar Land District, British Columbia, Canada |
Coordinates | 57°39′N 130°45′W / 57.650°N 130.750°W / 57.650; -130.750 |
Area | 266,180 ha (1,027.7 sq mi) |
Established | 27 July 1972 |
Governing body | BC Parks |
Website | Mount Edziza Provincial Park |
Mount Edziza Provincial Park is a provincial park in Cassiar Land District of northern British Columbia, Canada. It was established on 27 July 1972 to protect the Mount Edziza volcanic complex and the surrounding Tahltan Highland.
Geography
The park includes the Mount Edziza volcanic complex, a large group of overlapping shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes, cinder cones, lava domes and calderas oriented in a north−south trending line. It includes Mount Edziza at its northern end and the Spectrum Range at its southern end, both of which are within the boundaries of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.
See also
References
- ^ "Protected Planet | Mount Edziza Park". Protected Planet. Archived from the original on 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
External links
- "Mount Edziza Park". BC Geographical Names.
- Media related to Mount Edziza Provincial Park at Wikimedia Commons
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