Mount Edziza is a volcanic mountain in Cassiar Land District in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the Big Raven Plateau of the Tahltan Highland, which extends along the western side of the Stikine Plateau. Mount Edziza has an elevation of 2,786 metres (9,140 feet), making it the highest point of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex and one of the highest volcanoes in Canada. However, it had an elevation of at least 3,396 m (11,142 ft) before its formerly cone- shaped summit was likely destroyed by a violent eruption in the geologic past; its current flat summit contains an ice-filled crater (pictured) 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) in diameter. Mount Edziza contains several lava domes, cinder cones and lava fields on its flanks, as well as an ice cap containing several outlet glaciers that extend to lower elevations. All sides of the mountain are drained by tributaries of Mess Creek and Kakiddi Creek, which are situated within the Stikine River watershed. (Full article...).
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