Mount Ashitaka
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Mount Ashitaka | |
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![]() Southeast Side | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Mount Echizen-dake |
Elevation | 1,504 m (4,934 ft) |
Dimensions | |
Length | 7 km (4.3 mi) Southwest-Northeast |
Width | 6 km (3.7 mi) Northwest-Southeast |
Naming | |
Native name | 愛鷹山 (Japanese) |
Geography | |
Country | Japan |
Prefecture | Shizuoka |
Range coordinates | 35°13′37″N 138°48′11″E / 35.227°N 138.803°ECoordinates: 35°13′37″N 138°48′11″E / 35.227°N 138.803°E |
Mount Ashitaka (愛鷹山, Ashitakayama) is an eroded stratovolcano in the area south-east of Mount Fuji, Japan. Its highest peak, 1,504 metres (4,934 ft) high,[1] is Mount Echizen-dake, but the complex is named after its secondary peak, Ashitaka-yama, 1,188 m (3,898 ft) high.
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Topographic map of Ashitaka Volcano
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References
- ^ Karátson, D. "Erosion calderas: origins, processes, structural and climatic control," Bulletin of Volcanology Vol. 61 (1999), pp. 179 [PDF 6 of 20]; Retrieved 2012-6-21.
The page incorporated material from Japanese Wikipedia page 愛鷹山, accessed 23 April 2019
External links
- "Ashitaka". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- Ashitaka Yama - Geological Survey of Japan
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