Question: Which Cascade Range volcano erupted through a glacier?

Answer:

Mount Garibaldi (British Columbia, Canada) is a composite cone and domes built on a glacier. It is one of the larger volcanoes (6.5 cubic kilometers) in a chain of small Quaternary volcanic piles  the Garibaldi Belt within the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia. Mount Garibaldi is noteworthy both for the excellent exposures of its internal structure and for its striking topographic anomalies, which can be attributed to the growth of the volcano onto a major glacial stream, part of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, and the subsequent collapse of the flanks of the volcano with the melting of the ice.

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