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Kounugu Mountain is a 2,267-metre peak in the Spectrum Range at the southern end of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex in northwestern British Columbia. Near the southeastern edge of both the range and Mount Edziza Provincial Park, its shape reflects the complex’s volcanic past. Its base consists of basaltic lava flows of the Kounugu Member, erupted from multiple volcanoes during the Pliocene, while most of the mountain is rhyolite of the Spectrum Formation, the eroded remains of a large Pliocene lava dome that produced the range’s sharp pyramidal peaks and ridges. Its official name, adopted in 1980, comes from Tahltan folklore about a guardian of fresh water.
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