What is Garibaldi Volcanic Belt?
[[File:Mount Garibaldi.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Mount Garibaldi, a volcano in the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt]] [[File:Garibaldi Volcanic Belt-en.svg|thumb|right|250px|The extent of the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt, showing its volcanoes and volcanic features]] The '''Garibaldi Volcanic Belt''' is the northern part of the [[Cascade Volcanic Arc|Cascade Volcanic Belt]]. It is in [[British Columbia]] and the northwestern [[United States]]. Its volcanos are the most explosive in [[Canada]]. The [[volcano]]es are also the closest to [[British Columbia]]'s densely populated southwest corner. These volcanoes are the result of [[subduction]] of the Juan de Fuca [[tectonic plate]]: the plates meet just seaward of the west coast of [[Vancouver Island]]. The volcanoes of the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt are [[stratovolcano]]es typical of subduction zones, and include [[Mount Garibaldi]], [[Mount Cayley]] and [[Mount Meager]]. Meager's eruption 2,350 years ago is the youngest explosive eruption in Canada. It was similar to that of [[Mount St. Helens]] in [[1980]] and the ongoing eruption of [[Montserrat]] in the [[Caribbean]]. [[Category:Volcanoes of British Columbia]]