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Williams Cone is a large cinder cone on the northeastern flank of Mount Edziza in northwestern British Columbia, within the Desolation Lava Field of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex. Formed around 630 CE, it is the largest cone in that field and shows evidence of late eruptive collapse in a breached western side containing a smaller nested cone. Winds spread ash and cinders eastward across the Big Raven Plateau, while lava from the crater and basal vents flowed northeast into the Klastline Valley and briefly dammed the Klastline River. Named officially in 1980, it honors Hank Williams, a Tahltan man who died nearby in an avalanche.
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