{{Short description|Glacier in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Infobox glacier | name = Idiji Glacier | image = | caption = | type = [[Mountain glacier]] | location = [[Mount Edziza]], [[British Columbia]], Canada | map = Canada British Columbia | label_position = right | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 9 | mapframe-wikidata = yes | coordinates = {{coord|57|40|59|N|130|37|06|W|region:CA-BC|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="Idiji">{{cite bcgnis|id=876|name=Idiji Glacier|access-date=2024-03-18}}</ref> | status = Retreating }} '''Idiji Glacier''' is one of several [[glacier]]s draining the eastern side of the [[Mount Edziza]] [[ice cap]] in northwestern [[British Columbia]], Canada. It is located south of the summit of Mount Edziza in a [[cirque]] just southeast of [[Ice Peak]]. Idiji Glacier is separated from the much larger [[Tencho Glacier]] by a [[ridge]] that extends south of Ice Peak above the Idiji cirque [[headwall]]. Idiji Glacier is the namesake of [[Idiji Ridge]] which is just to the southeast.<ref name="Souther">{{cite map|last1=Souther|first1=J. G.|author-link1=Jack Souther|title=Geology, Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex, British Columbia|map=1623A|scale=1:50,000|type=[[Geological map]]|cartography=M. Sigouin, [[Geological Survey of Canada]]|publisher=[[Energy, Mines and Resources Canada]]|year=1988|language=en|doi=10.4095/133498|doi-access=free}}</ref>
The name of the glacier was suggested by the [[Geological Survey of Canada]] on November 15, 1979, and eventually became official on November 24, 1980. ''Idiji'' means "it thunders" in the [[Tahltan language]], which refers to the loud noises stemming from this very active glacier.<ref name="Idiji"/>
At the head of Idiji Glacier are rocks assigned to the upper assemblage of the Ice Peak Formation. They consist of [[trachyte]], [[benmoreite]], [[mugearite]], [[tristanite]], [[trachybasalt]] and [[alkali basalt]] that are in the form of lava flows, [[lava dome]]s and [[pyroclastic rock|pyroclastic]] [[breccia]].<ref name="Souther"/> [[bed (geology)|Bedded]], [[lacustrine]] [[tuff]] and epiclastic debris exposed in a rock spur on the north side of Idiji Glacier was deposited in a now-destroyed summit [[volcanic crater|crater]], of which Ice Peak is a remnant of the western crater rim.<ref name="Souther2">{{Cite report|last1=Souther|first1=J. G.|author-link1=Jack Souther|title=The Late Cenozoic Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex, British Columbia|work=[[Geological Survey of Canada]]|publisher=Canada Communication Group|series=Memoir 420|year=1992|pages=145, 151|isbn=0-660-14407-7|doi=10.4095/133497|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="LD">{{cite book|last1=Wood|first1=Charles A.|last2=Kienle|first2=Jürgen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eyDRib-FJh4C|title=Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada|year=1990|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|page=125|isbn=0-521-43811-X}}</ref>
==See also== *[[List of glaciers in Canada]] *[[Tenchen Glacier]] *[[Tennaya Glacier]]
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *{{cite cgndb|id=JABTA|title=Idiji Glacier}}
{{Mount Edziza volcanic complex}}
[[Category:Glaciers of Mount Edziza]] [[Category:Tahltan place names]]