Castle Rock (volcano)

{{short description|Volcanic mountain in British Columbia, Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Castle Rock

| photo =

| photo_caption =

| elevation_m = 1862

| elevation_ref =

| prominence_m = 55

| prominence_ref =

| location = Stikine Country, British Columbia, Canada

| district = Cassiar Land District

| range = Klastline Plateau (south-central Stikine Plateau)

| range_coordinates =

| map = Canada British Columbia

| map_caption = Location in British Columbia

| label_position = right

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Castle Rock

| coordinates = {{coord|57|50|24.0|N|130|12|29.2|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref=

| topo_maker = NTS

| topo_map = {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|104|G|16}}

| type = Volcanic plug

| age = Pleistocene

| volcanic_region = Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province

| last_eruption = Pleistocene

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

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Castle Rock is a volcanic plug located {{convert|13|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of Iskut and {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on|sigfig=1}} northwest of Tuktsayda Mountain in British Columbia, Canada. Castle Rock is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire that includes over 160 active volcanoes and is in the Klastline Group of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province and last erupted in the Pleistocene.{{cite web |url=http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=svb_crk_063 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716024746/http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=svb_crk_063 |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |title=Castle Rock |publisher=Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes |access-date=October 10, 2007}}

Castle Rock is one of ten major Canadian volcanoes with recent seismic activity, the others being the Mount Edziza volcanic complex, Mount Cayley, Hoodoo Mountain, The Volcano, Crow Lagoon, Mount Silverthrone, the Mount Meager massif, the Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field and Mount Garibaldi.{{cite web|url=http://www.bcminerals.ca/pdf/CanadianVolcanoes-CH2005.pdf|title=Volcanoes of Canada|access-date=October 10, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060528051236/http://www.bcminerals.ca/pdf/CanadianVolcanoes-CH2005.pdf|archive-date=May 28, 2006}}