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which sits on its northeast flank. Other peaks in the range are other high eroded remnants of the shield, including
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to the north. In some classification systems it is considered part of the Coast
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16:Mountain range in British Columbia, Canada
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580:"Tweedsmuir Park: Nature and culture"
448:The Rainbow Range lies partly in the
365:which includes the lower but similar
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820:Extinct volcanoes of North America
645:Topics of the Anahim Volcanic Belt
266:8.7 to 7.2 million years
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450:Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park
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805:Volcanoes of British Columbia
739:Satah Mountain volcanic field
830:Polygenetic shield volcanoes
64:2,495 m (8,186 ft)
840:Range 3 Coast Land District
764:2007–2008 Nazko earthquakes
471:Volcanism of Western Canada
466:List of volcanoes in Canada
276:, formerly gazetted as the
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835:Landforms of the Chilcotin
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319:and south and west of the
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850:Neogene British Columbia
825:Miocene shield volcanoes
300:, the range adjoins the
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92:52.72333°N 125.78000°W
559:BC Geographical Names
530:BC Geographical Names
428:and sands from heavy
800:Anahim Volcanic Belt
387:North American Plate
363:Anahim Volcanic Belt
167:52.71639; -125.81806
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44:Highest point
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659:Anahim Peak
505:Bivouac.com
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403:Anahim Peak
356:peralkaline
313:Bella Coola
294:Anahim Lake
262:Age of rock
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153:125°49′05″W
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83:125°46′48″W
70:Coordinates
794:Categories
720:Nazko Cone
586:2023-06-28
582:. BC Parks
565:2023-06-28
536:2023-06-28
510:2023-06-28
487:References
354:) massive
321:Dean River
192:Borders on
150:52°42′59″N
80:52°43′24″N
652:Volcanoes
407:Beef Peak
255:volcanism
235:Formed by
108:Geography
60:Elevation
460:See also
375:glaciers
332:Ulkatcho
328:Tsitsutl
211:Topo map
131:District
122:Province
436:in the
391:hotspot
361:in the
352:Miocene
346:Geology
280:, is a
247:Orogeny
229:Geology
113:Country
290:Canada
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757:Other
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383:sands
367:Itcha
220:93C12
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