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    Iskut-Unuk River Cones

    Pyroclastic cone · 1,880 m · Canada

    Iskut-Unuk River Cones
    Photo: NASA/Black Tusk · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

    Iskut-Unuk River Cones sits on the North American Plate, above a hotspot, away from plate boundaries. 8 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 1800.

    Elevation
    1,880 m
    Type
    Pyroclastic cone
    Tectonic Setting
    Intraplate (hotspot), continental crust
    Dominant Rock
    Basalt / Picro-Basalt
    Plate
    North American Plate
    Country
    Canada
    Last Eruption
    1800
    Known Eruptions (Holocene)
    8

    Eruption Timeline

    Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).

    6,830 BCE4,700 BCE3,450 BCE1,830 BCE620 BCE159018001904 VEI 2VEI 4VEI 6 6,830 BCE1500180019002000

    Eruption Uncertain Date

    Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata