Nazko Cone

Nazko Cone is a small, potentially active basaltic cinder cone in central British Columbia and the youngest volcano in the Anahim Volcanic Belt. Built in three main eruptive episodes, it began forming about 340,000 years ago, later erupted beneath the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, and most recently erupted about 7,200 years ago with small lava flows and tephra that likely ignited forest fires. The volcano is linked to the Anahim hotspot, thought to lie beneath it today. A swarm of earthquakes in 2007 suggested possible magma movement, prompting close monitoring. Though any future eruption would likely be small, remote local industries and aircraft could still be affected.

British Columbia · Canada