Layer Cake Hill (Kelowna)

Canada / British Columbia / Kelowna
 mountain, interesting place, hoodoo
Layer Cake Hill, sometimes called Layer Cake Mountain, is a volcanic land form composed primarily of Dacite [day-site], volcanic rock with a high silica content. It shows unique layering that has not been seen anywhere else.

Although the layers of Layer Cake Hill look like a series of lava flows (volcanic rock), each layer representing a separate flow, modern science has proven this wrong. Scientists now believe that the layering occurred in possibly only one thick volcanic flow due to a peculiar way the rock shrinks as it cools. This type of layered structure has been compared to a similar formation in New Zealand where scientists have thoroughly studied it. Still, Layer Cake Hill is unique in the world!

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Beside the west end of Layer Cake Hill stands a gigantic hoodoo called the Pinnacle, formed from the same lava flow as the Hill.
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Coordinates:   49°50'43"N   119°21'22"W

Comments

  • It has been know as Layer Cake Mountain rught from first naming it. The term “ hill “ was never used by locals of the past. No need to change the name.
  • Penticton , Westbank, Vernon , Summerland , Peachland , Windfield are the cities near by. Mission & Chilliwack are 3 + hour drive away from Kelowna.
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