a volcano last erupted in canada on may 18, 1980.
when did a volcano last erupt in canada?
may 18, 1980
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mount sanford is the tallest of the western wrangell volcanoes at , the 13th highest peak in north america. it is a complex shield volcano that first formed about 900,000 years ago. the latest eruption is estimated to have been between 320,000 and 100,000 years ago. like drum, sanford has a large icefield above that feeds a series of glaciers. capital mountain is located near mount sanford, but is much smaller at in height. it is a shield volcano, about in diameter. its summit has collapsed to form a caldera roughly in diameter. its last activity was about a million years ago, and it has been deeply eroded by glacial activity. tanada peak is an older and larger neighbor of capital mountain, tall with a by summit caldera. the shield volcano last erupted 900,000 years ago and has been dissected by glaciers. the skookum creek volcano is a volcanic center that has been heavily eroded. it was active between 3.2 million and 2 million years ago. high at its highest point, the old shield volcano has been severely eroded. its caldera is surrounded by a series of dacite and rhyolite domes. mount jarvis is a shield volcano. high, with one or more indistinct summit calderas. it is covered with ice and erupted between 1.7 million and 1 million years ago. mount blackburn is at the highest point in the wrangells, the 12th highest peak in north america,and the oldest volcano in the range. it is a shield volcano with a filled caldera that was active between 4.2 million and 3.4 million years ago. mount blackburn is ice-covered and is the source of kennicott glacier and nabesna glacier, among others. the boomerang volcano is a very small shield volcano, only rising . it is at least one million years old and is overlaid by deposits from capital mountain. mount gordon is a cinder cone, one of the largest in the wrangells at .
wrangell–st. elias national park and preserve