Tseax Cone

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Tseax Cone is a volcanic cinder cone in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, known for a historic lava flow that caused one of the deadliest volcanic disasters in the country’s history.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tseax Cone canonical 3
Tseax Cone volcanic eruption 1
Tseax River Cone 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cinder cone ⓘ
volcano ⓘ
age Holocene ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Aiyansh volcano ⓘ
Tseax River Cone ⓘ
linked to: Tseax Cone
associatedPeople Nisga’a Nation ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
countryRank site of one of the most lethal volcanic events in Canadian history ⓘ
culturalSignificance sacred site for the Nisga’a people ⓘ
deathTollEstimate approximately 2000 people ⓘ
elevation about 2000 feet ⓘ
approximately 610 metres ⓘ
eruptionProduct basaltic lava ⓘ
eruptionStyle effusive ⓘ
formationProcess strombolian eruptions building a scoria cone ⓘ
governingProvince British Columbia ⓘ
hazard lava flows ⓘ
volcanic gases ⓘ
knownFor historic lava flow that caused significant loss of life among the Nisga’a people ⓘ
one of Canada’s deadliest volcanic disasters ⓘ
lastEruption approximately 18th century ⓘ
late 1600s or early 1700s ⓘ
lavaFlowLength about 22 kilometres ⓘ
lavaFlowName Tseax lava flow ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Coast Mountains ⓘ
Nass River valley ⓘ
linked to: Nass River Valley

Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park ⓘ
Nisga’a Nation traditional territory ⓘ
Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province ⓘ
Stikine Plateau ⓘ
northwestern British Columbia ⓘ
northwestern North America ⓘ
locatedNear Nass River ⓘ
village of Gitlakdamix (New Aiyansh) ⓘ
village of Gitwinksihlkw ⓘ
memorialPurpose commemorates Nisga’a people killed by the eruption ⓘ
monitoring subject to geological and hazard studies ⓘ
namedAfter Tseax River ⓘ
partOf Canadian Cordillera ⓘ
protectedArea Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park ⓘ
rockType alkali basalt ⓘ
status potentially active volcano ⓘ
surficialFeature extensive lava beds ⓘ
lava tubes ⓘ
spatter cones ⓘ
volcanicArcOrBelt Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province ⓘ
volcanicType cinder cone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nass River → nearGeologicalFeature → Tseax Cone ⓘ
Nass River → associatedWithEvent → Tseax Cone volcanic eruption ⓘ
linked to: Tseax Cone
Nass Valley → hasVolcanicFeature → Tseax Cone ⓘ
Gitlaxt’aamiks → locatedNear → Tseax Cone ⓘ
Tseax Cone → alsoKnownAs → Tseax River Cone ⓘ
linked to: Tseax Cone