Volcanodle
Puzzle #40 was Cayley Volcanic Field.
The Cayley volcanic field is a deeply dissected basaltic andesite to rhyodacitic complex that covers a broad area between the Cheakamus and Squamish river valleys in the central Garibaldi volcanic belt. Mount Cayley itself was formed during at least three periods of activity primarily during the Pliocene and Pleistocene, but activity at satellitic dominantly subglacial vents along a N-S line both north and south of Mount Cayley continued in the late Pleistocene and Holocene.
Read about it at the Global Volcanism Program →
Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
What the record says
Puzzle 40 ran on 18 Aug 2026 and the answer was Cayley Volcanic Field, played with 6 guesses against 8 columns. On the record: Country - Canada; Region - North America Volcanic Regions; Type - volcanic-field; Tectonic setting - subduction; Elevation - 1500-3000; Rock type - andesite; Historically observed - not-observed. 1 of the 8 columns is blank in the source (Last eruption), so nobody could score it either way.
Volcanodle builds its record from Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution (Venzke, E. (ed.), Volcanoes of the World, volcano.si.edu). The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: A verbatim excerpt of the volcano's GVP Geological Summary. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- Canada
- Region
- North America Volcanic Regions
- Type
- volcanic-field
- Tectonic setting
- subduction
- Elevation
- 1500-3000
- Last eruption
- Not recorded
- Rock type
- andesite
- Historically observed
- not-observed