Wetalth Ridge

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| name = Wetalth Ridge

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| map = British Columbia

| map_caption = Location in British Columbia

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| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Wetalth Ridge

| elevation_m = 1886

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| prominence_m = 353

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| location = British Columbia, Canada

| district = Cassiar Land District

| range = Tahltan Highland

| coordinates = {{coord|57|18|14|N|130|47|14|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline,title}}

| topo_maker = NTS

| topo_map = {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|104|G|7}}

| type = Subglacial mound

| age = Pleistocene

| volcanic_region = Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province

| last_eruption = Pleistocene

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Wetalth Ridge is an isolated ridge in northern British Columbia, Canada, located {{convert|74|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} southwest of Tatogga and south of Telegraph Creek. It lies on the southwest side of Little Arctic Lake at the southwest corner of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.

History

Wetalth Ridge was named on January 2, 1980 by the Geological Survey of Canada to recall a small group of wandering and exploited outcasts from the Tahltans called "Wetalth" people.{{cite bcgnis|id=21024|name=Wetalth Ridge}}

Geology

Wetalth Ridge is a volcanic feature associated with the Mount Edziza volcanic complex which in turn forms part of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province. It is a subglacial mound that formed in the Pleistocene epoch when this area was buried beneath glacial ice during the last ice age.[http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=svb_wrg_102 Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Wetalth Ridge]