South Tuya

{{Short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = South Tuya | image = | image_caption = | map = British Columbia | map_caption = Location in British Columbia | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of South Tuya | elevation_m = 1850 | elevation_ref = | prominence = | location = [[British Columbia|British Columbia, Canada]] | district = [[Cassiar Land District]] | range = [[Tuya Range]] | coordinates = {{coord|59|12|31|N|130|30|19|W|type:mountain_region:CA}} | topo = | type = [[Tuya]] | volcanic_field = [[Tuya volcanic field]] | age = [[Pleistocene]] | last_eruption = [[Pleistocene]] | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}

'''South Tuya''', also called '''Southern Tuya''', is a [[tuya]] clustered around [[Tuya Lake]] in the [[Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province]] in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. The base of South Tuya comprises [[hyaloclastite]] and [[pillow lava]] indicating that the [[volcano]] formed beneath a large [[lake]] or beneath [[ice]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=James G. Moore |author2=Catherine J. Hickson |author3=Lewis C. Calk |date=1995-12-10 |doi=10.1029/95JB02509 |title=Tholeiitic-alkalic transition at subglacial volcanoes, Tuya region, British Columbia, Canada |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth|volume=100 |issue=B12 |pages=24577–24592 |bibcode=1995JGR...10024577M }}</ref>

==See also== * [[List of volcanoes in Canada]] * [[List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes]] * [[Volcanism of Canada]] * [[Volcanism of Western Canada]]

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[[Category:Volcanoes of British Columbia]] [[Category:One-thousanders of British Columbia]] [[Category:Cassiar Country]] [[Category:Stikine Ranges]] [[Category:Pleistocene volcanoes]] [[Category:Monogenetic volcanoes]] [[Category:Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province]] [[Category:Tuyas of Canada]] [[Category:Pleistocene British Columbia]]