# Idiji Glacier

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Glacier in British Columbia, Canada

Idiji Glacier Idiji Glacier Location within British Columbia Interactive map of Idiji Glacier Type Mountain glacier Location Mount Edziza, British Columbia, Canada Coordinates 57°40′59″N 130°37′06″W / 57.68306°N 130.61833°W / 57.68306; -130.61833[1] Status Retreating

**Idiji Glacier** is one of several [glaciers](/source/Glacier) draining the eastern side of the [Mount Edziza](/source/Mount_Edziza) [ice cap](/source/Ice_cap) in northwestern [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada. It is located south of the summit of Mount Edziza in a [cirque](/source/Cirque) just southeast of [Ice Peak](/source/Ice_Peak). Idiji Glacier is separated from the much larger [Tencho Glacier](/source/Tencho_Glacier) by a [ridge](/source/Ridge) that extends south of Ice Peak above the Idiji cirque [headwall](/source/Headwall). Idiji Glacier is the namesake of [Idiji Ridge](/source/Idiji_Ridge) which is just to the southeast.[2]

The name of the glacier was suggested by the [Geological Survey of Canada](/source/Geological_Survey_of_Canada) on November 15, 1979, and eventually became official on November 24, 1980. *Idiji* means "it thunders" in the [Tahltan language](/source/Tahltan_language), which refers to the loud noises stemming from this very active glacier.[1]

At the head of Idiji Glacier are rocks assigned to the upper assemblage of the Ice Peak Formation. They consist of [trachyte](/source/Trachyte), [benmoreite](/source/Benmoreite), [mugearite](/source/Mugearite), [tristanite](/source/Tristanite), [trachybasalt](/source/Trachybasalt) and [alkali basalt](/source/Alkali_basalt) that are in the form of lava flows, [lava domes](/source/Lava_dome) and [pyroclastic](/source/Pyroclastic_rock) [breccia](/source/Breccia).[2] [Bedded](/source/Bed_(geology)), [lacustrine](/source/Lacustrine) [tuff](/source/Tuff) and epiclastic debris exposed in a rock spur on the north side of Idiji Glacier was deposited in a now-destroyed summit [crater](/source/Volcanic_crater), of which Ice Peak is a remnant of the western crater rim.[3][4]

## See also

- [List of glaciers in Canada](/source/List_of_glaciers_in_Canada)

- [Tenchen Glacier](/source/Tenchen_Glacier)

- [Tennaya Glacier](/source/Tennaya_Glacier)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Idiji_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Idiji_1-1) ["Idiji Glacier"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/876.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO). Retrieved 2024-03-18.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Souther_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Souther_2-1) [Souther, J. G.](/source/Jack_Souther) (1988). "1623A" ([Geological map](/source/Geological_map)). *Geology, Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex, British Columbia*. 1:50,000. Cartography by M. Sigouin, [Geological Survey of Canada](/source/Geological_Survey_of_Canada). [Energy, Mines and Resources Canada](/source/Energy%2C_Mines_and_Resources_Canada). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.4095/133498](https://doi.org/10.4095%2F133498).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Souther2_3-0)** [Souther, J. G.](/source/Jack_Souther) (1992). The Late Cenozoic Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex, British Columbia. *[Geological Survey of Canada](/source/Geological_Survey_of_Canada)* (Report). Memoir 420. Canada Communication Group. pp. 145, 151. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.4095/133497](https://doi.org/10.4095%2F133497). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-660-14407-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-660-14407-7).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-LD_4-0)** Wood, Charles A.; Kienle, Jürgen (1990). [*Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada*](https://books.google.com/books?id=eyDRib-FJh4C). [Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press). p. 125. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-521-43811-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-43811-X).

## External links

- ["Idiji Glacier"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=JABTA). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada).

v t e Mount Edziza volcanic complex Cinder cones The Ash Pit Cache Hill Camp Hill Cinder Cliff Cocoa Crater Coffee Crater Eve Cone Exile Hill Icefall Cone Kana Cone Keda Cone Klastline Cone Mess Lake Cone Moraine Cone Nahta Cone Outcast Hill Ridge Cone Sidas Cone Sleet Cone Source Hill Storm Cone Thaw Hill Triplex Cones Twin Cone Walkout Creek centres Williams Cone Subglacial volcanoes Pillow Ridge Tennena Cone Tsekone Ridge Wetalth Ridge Central volcanoes Armadillo Peak Mount Edziza Ice Peak Spectrum Range Lava domes Glacier Dome IGC Centre Nanook Dome Pharaoh Dome The Pyramid Sphinx Dome Triangle Dome Lava fields Desolation Lava Field Mess Lake Lava Field Snowshoe Lava Field Plateaus Arctic Lake Plateau Big Raven Plateau Kitsu Plateau Ridges Artifact Ridge Cartoona Ridge Idiji Ridge Obsidian Ridge Pillow Ridge Sorcery Ridge Tsekone Ridge Wetalth Ridge Yagi Ridge Mountain passes Destell Pass Raspberry Pass Bluffs Koosick Bluff Ornostay Bluff Glaciers Idiji Glacier Tenchen Glacier Tencho Glacier Tennaya Glacier Streams Artifact Creek Ball Creek Bourgeaux Creek Chakima Creek Crayke Creek Elwyn Creek Flyin Creek Gerlib Creek Kadeya Creek Kitsu Creek Little Iskut River More Creek Nagha Creek Nido Creek Pyramid Creek Raspberry Creek Sezill Creek Shaman Creek Sorcery Creek Stewbomb Creek Tadekho Creek Taweh Creek Tenchen Creek Tennaya Creek Tsecha Creek Walkout Creek Stratigraphic units Armadillo Formation Big Raven Formation (Sheep Track Member) Edziza Formation Ice Peak Formation Kakiddi Formation Klastline Formation Little Iskut Formation Nido Formation (Tenchen Member) Pyramid Formation Raspberry Formation Other Cartoona Peak Gnu Butte Mess Creek Escarpment Volcanism of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex

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