Sidas Cone

Sidas Cone is a cinder cone on the Big Raven Plateau at the northern end of Mount Edziza Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. Its name, meaning "cut oneself with a knife" in the Tahltan language, is descriptive of the breach that has cut the cone into two symmetrical halves.

Sidas Cone
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Highest point
Elevation	1,543 m (5,062 ft)
Prominence	92 m (302 ft)
Coordinates	57°51′32.0″N 130°37′41.2″W
Geography
Location	British Columbia, Canada
District	Cassiar Land District
Parent range	Tahltan Highland
Topo map	NTS 104G15 Buckley Lake
Geology
Age of rock	Holocene
Mountain type	Cinder cone
Volcanic arc/belt	Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Last eruption	Holocene

See also

• Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
• Volcanism of Canada
• List of volcanoes in Canada
• List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes
• Volcanism of Western Canada

External links

• "Sidas Cone". Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes. Natural Resources Canada. 2008-02-19. Archived from the original on 2007-11-12.