The Stikine Volcanic Belt (also called the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province) lies in northern British Columbia and continues to the Alaskian border and is Canada's most active volcanic region and has more than 100 volcanoes. The Stikine Volcanic Belt formed by extensional cracking of the crust in response to the Pacific Ocean plate dragging northward along the edge of the North American plate. Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages none stated in law; English is de facto Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 36 6 Area Total • Land • Water (% of total) Ranked 5th 944,735...
It is bounded on the north and west by the Alaska Range, a belt of mountains 80 to 100 km (50 to 60 mi) wide that is connected with the Saint Elias Mountains on the east.
Southwestern Alaska is composed of the narrow Alaska Peninsula, the Aleutian Islands, and Kodiak Island.
The Anahim VolcanicBelt, which extends from the coast near Bella Bella easterly across central British Columbia to the eastern boundary of the Intermontane Belt, is interpreted to be the trace of a mantle hot spot.
The StikineVolcanicBelt, which forms a broad zone through northwestern British Columbia and the southern Yukon, is thought to be a zone of extension developed in response to shear along the adjacent, transcurrent boundary between the continent and Pacific crust.
The central segment of the Garibaldi Belt (Souther, 1980) is defined by a group of eight volcanoes on the height of land east of Squamish River, and by remnants of basaltic flows preserved in the adjacent Squamish valley.
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