Mount Edziza

Mount Edziza
Mount Edziza
Highest point
Elevation	2,780 m (9,120 ft)
Prominence	1,750 m (5,740 ft)
Listing	Mountains of British Columbia; Canada highest major peak 86th; Canada prominent peaks 64th; List of volcanoes in Canada;
Coordinates	57°42′56″N 130°38′05″W
Geography
	Mount Edziza British Columbia, Canada
District	Cassiar Land District
Parent range	Tahltan Highland
Topo map	NTS 104G10 Mount Edziza
Geology
Age of rock	Pleistocene-to-Holocene
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt	Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Last eruption	950 CE ± 1000 years

Mount Edziza (/ədˈzaɪzə/), known as Tenh Dẕetle to the indigenous Tahltan people, is a stratovolcano in the Stikine Country of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. The volcano and the surrounding area are protected within Mount Edziza Provincial Park. It consists of multiple peaks and ridges, with several glaciers flowing in all directions. The summit is topped by an ice-filled caldera, which is almost 2 km (1 mi) wide. The three main peaks around the summit caldera are the southwest summit, the southeast summit and the north summit. Ice Peak overlaps the southern flank of Mount Edziza.

Mount Edziza is one of Canada's highest volcanoes at 2,780 m (9,121 ft). Snow and ice covered Mount Silverthrone in southwestern British Columbia has a height of 2,864 m (9,396 ft).

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