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Vulcan's Thumb

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Kelman, M. C., Russell, J. K., Hickson, C. J. (2001). "Preliminary petrography and chemistry of the Mount Cayley volcanic field, British Columbia",
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Three eruptive stages built the Mount Cayley massif, the second of which is named after the Vulcan's Thumb.
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Elevation
Coordinates
50°06′41.06″N 123°17′40.22″W / 50.1114056°N 123.2945056°W / 50.1114056; -123.2945056
British Columbia, Canada
New Westminster Land District
Parent range
Pacific Ranges
Topo map
NTS
92J3
Brandywine Falls
Age of rock
Pleistocene
Mountain type
Pinnacle
arc
belt
Canadian Cascade Arc
Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
First ascent
rock pinnacle
Pacific Ranges
British Columbia
Pyroclastic Peak
Mount Cayley
Cascade Volcanoes
Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
List of volcanoes in Canada
Volcanism of Canada

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