Kuno Peak

Kuno Peak is a mountain peak in the Spectrum Range at the southern end of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex in northwestern British Columbia, Canada.^[4] It is south of Yagi Ridge, west of Yeda Peak, southeast of Outcast Hill, east of Exile Hill, northeast of Tadekho Hill and north of Little Arctic Lake, the latter four of which are on the northern end of the Arctic Lake Plateau.^[3] It has an elevation of 2,183 metres (7,162 feet) and lies at the southwestern end of the Spectrum Range.^[1][3] Tadekho Creek originates from the southern flank of the ridge connecting Kuno Peak with Yeda Peak.^[3]

Kuno Peak
Kuno Peak Location in British Columbia
Interactive map of Kuno Peak
Highest point
Elevation	2,183 m (7,162 ft)[1]
Coordinates	57°22′31″N 130°44′26″W[2]
Geography
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
District	Cassiar Land District[2]
Parent range	Spectrum Range[3]
Topo map	NTS 104G7 Mess Lake[2]
Geology
Rock age	Pliocene age[4]
Last eruption	Unknown[5]

Kuno Peak is at the south end of Mount Edziza Provincial Park which is southeast of the community of Telegraph Creek.^[2] It is named after Hisashi Kuno, a Japanese volcanologist and teacher who visited the area with Canadian volcanologist Jack Souther in 1966.^[6] The name of the peak became official on January 2, 1980, after being submitted to the BC Geographical Names office by the Geological Survey of Canada.^[2]

Geology

Kuno Peak is formed mainly of Pliocene volcanic rocks of the Spectrum Formation which consists of comendite, pantellerite and pantelleritic trachyte. These rocks are in the form of lava flows as well as minor breccia and ash flow deposits.^[4] The Spectrum Formation is the eroded remains of a large lava dome that forms the current pyramidal peaks and ridges of the Spectrum Range.^[6] The southwestern flank of Kuno Peak contains the remains of a Big Raven Formation cinder cone that was subsequently destroyed by landsliding on the peak.^[6] This basaltic Holocene cinder cone was the source of a lava flow but it was later buried under debris from the landsliding.^[4][6]

See also

• Volcanism of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex

References

1. Elevation derived from Google Earth.
2. "Kuno Peak". BC Geographical Names.
3. "A 502" (Topographic map). Telegraph Creek, Cassiar Land District, British Columbia (3 ed.). 1:250,000. 104 G (in English and French). Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. 1989. Archived from the original on 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
4. Souther, J. G. (1988). "1623A" (Geologic map). Geology, Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex, British Columbia. 1:50,000. Cartography by M. Sigouin, Geological Survey of Canada. Energy, Mines and Resources Canada. doi:10.4095/133498.
5. "Spectrum Range: General Information". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
6. Souther, J. G. (1992). The Late Cenozoic Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada (Report). Memoir 420. Canada Communication Group. pp. 113, 236, 319. doi:10.4095/133497. ISBN 0-660-14407-7.

External links

• "Kuno Peak". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.