Cocoa Crater

57°39′N 130°42′W / 57.650°N 130.700°W / 57.650; -130.700GeographyLocationBritish Columbia, CanadaDistrictCassiar Land DistrictParent rangeTahltan HighlandTopo mapNTS 104G10 Mount EdzizaGeologyAge of rockHoloceneMountain typeCinder coneLast eruptionHolocene

Cocoa Crater is a cinder cone in the Stikine Country of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is located 38 km southeast of Telegraph Creek and 8 m (26 ft) southwest of Mount Edziza. Cocoa Crater is one of the 30 cinder cones around the Mount Edziza complex that formed in the year 700. The ash around Cocoa Crater is quite deep, its summit is a jet black color and its summit is red. It is quite a different color from the brown color of Coffee Crater, which is to the south of Cocoa Crater.

See also

• Mount Edziza
• Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
• List of volcanoes in Canada
• List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes
• Volcanic history of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
• Volcanism of Canada
• Volcanism of Western Canada

References

• "Cocoa Crater". BC Geographical Names.