Meszah Peak

58°28′43.0″N 131°26′13.9″W / 58.478611°N 131.437194°W / 58.478611; -131.437194GeographyLocationBritish Columbia, CanadaDistrictCassiar Land DistrictParent rangeLevel Mountain Range, Nahlin Plateau (western Stikine Plateau)Topo mapNTS 104J6 Beatty CreekGeologyMountain typeVolcanic coneVolcanic arc/beltNorthern Cordilleran Volcanic ProvinceLast eruptionPleistocene

Meszah Peak is a volcanic cone located 66 km (41 mi) north of Telegraph Creek and 136 km (85 mi) southwest of Zus Mountain in British Columbia, Canada. It is the highest peak of the Level Mountain Range, a cluster of bare peaks on the summit of the massive Level Mountain shield volcano, which forms the most voluminous and most persistent eruptive centre in the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province.

See also

• List of volcanoes in Canada
• List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes
• Volcanology of Western Canada
• Geography of British Columbia
• Geology of the Pacific Northwest
• Heart Peaks
• Atsutla Range

References

• "Level Mountain". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
• Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Meszah Peak

External links

• "Meszah Peak". BC Geographical Names.
• Meszah Peak in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia