Global Volcanism Program

Squamish

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Canada
Canada and Western USA
Volcanic field
Pleistocene

Country
Volcanic Region
Primary Volcano Type
Last Known Eruption

49.65°N
123.22°W
790 m
2591 ft
320812

Latitude
Longitude
Summit
Elevation
Volcano
Number

The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports for Squamish.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Squamish.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Bulletin Reports available for Squamish.

This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.

Cones

Feature Name

Feature Type

Elevation

Latitude

Longitude

Castle, the

Cone

790 m

49° 41' 0" N

123° 12' 0" W

Watts Point

Cone

275 m

49° 39' 0" N

123° 13' 0" W

Basic Data

Volcano Number

Last Known Eruption

Elevation

Latitude
Longitude

320812

Pleistocene

790 m / 2591 ft

49.65°N
123.22°W

Volcano Types

Volcanic field

Tectonic Setting

Subduction zone
Continental crust (> 25 km)

Geological Summary

The Squamish volcanic field contains the southernmost vents of the Garibaldi volcanic belt. Late Pleistocene eruptions formed The Castle, a dramatic strongly jointed spire above the town of Squamish formed by ice contact lava extrusion (Mathews, 1958), and Watts Point, on Howe Sound south of Squamish, formed by subglacial valley floor lava extrusion. The dacite flows at Watts Point are Potassium-Argon dated at 0.09 and 0.13 million years (Green et al., 1988).

References

The following references have all been used during the compilation of data for this volcano, it is not a comprehensive bibliography.

Green N L, Armstrong R L, Harakal J E, Souther J G, Read P B, 1988. Eruptive history and K-Ar geochronology of the late Cenozoic Garibaldi volcanic belt, southwestern British Columbia. Geol Soc Amer Bull, 100: 563-579.

Hickson C J, Edwards B R, 2001. Volcanoes and Volcanic Hazards in Canada. In; Brooks G R (ed) A Synthesis of Geological Hazards in Canada, Geol Surv Can Bull, 548: 1-248.

Hickson C J, Soos A, Wright R, 1994. Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes. Geol Surv Canada Open-File Rpt.

Mathews W H, 1958. Geology of the Mt. Garibaldi map-area, S.W. British Columbia. Geol Soc Amer Bull, 69: 186.

Eruptive History

The Global Volcanism Program is not aware of any Holocene eruptions from Squamish. If this volcano has had large eruptions (VEI >= 4) prior to 10,000 years ago, information might be found on the Squamish page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).

Deformation History

There is no Deformation History data available for Squamish.

Emission History

There is no Emissions History data available for Squamish.

The Global Volcanism Program has no photographs available for Squamish.

Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Squamish in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

Affiliated Sites

WOVOdat
   Single Volcano View
   Temporal Evolution of Unrest
   Side by Side Volcanoes

WOVOdat is a database of volcanic unrest; instrumentally and visually recorded changes in seismicity, ground deformation, gas emission, and other parameters from their normal baselines. It is sponsored by the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (WOVO) and presently hosted at the Earth Observatory of Singapore.

Large Eruptions of Squamish

Information about large Quaternary eruptions (VEI >= 4) is cataloged in the Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions (LaMEVE) database of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).

EarthChem

EarthChem develops and maintains databases, software, and services that support the preservation, discovery, access and analysis of geochemical data, and facilitate their integration with the broad array of other available earth science parameters. EarthChem is operated by a joint team of disciplinary scientists, data scientists, data managers and information technology developers who are part of the NSF-funded data facility Integrated Earth Data Applications (IEDA). IEDA is a collaborative effort of EarthChem and the Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS).