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Heart Peaks
Canada · Elevation not verified
Reviewed routes
No reviewed route is included. Missing route information does not establish safe or legal access.
About this mountain
Heart Peaks is the official name for a volcanic mountain feature in northwestern British Columbia. Federal and provincial scientific sources describe a broad volcanic centre built from basaltic and trachybasaltic rocks with rhyolitic domes.
Sources and scope
Exact named feature identity only; the generic term is Peaks and the record is not a route or access statement.
- Place names - Heart Peaks — Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Geographical Names Database · checked 2026-10-31
Geology & landscape
The Heart Peaks volcanic centre is a shield-volcano complex with lava domes and a varied volcanic-rock record.
Official geological mapping places Heart Peaks Volcanics beneath younger alkaline basalt flows of the Level Mountain Group.
Sources and scope
Geological character of the volcanic centre; not a claim of current activity, route conditions, or summit access.
Regional and western-flank geological context; the MINFILE occurrence is not the summit and supports no visitor guidance.
- Heart Peaks — Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program · checked 2026-10-31
- Geology of the Heart Peaks volcanic centre, northwestern British Columbia — Geological Survey of Canada · checked 2026-10-31
- MINFILE Mineral Inventory - Heart Peaks 104K 084 — British Columbia Geological Survey · checked 2026-10-31
- Heart Peaks Prospect — British Columbia Geological Survey · checked 2026-10-31