Mount Fuppushi
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| Mount Fuppushi | |
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| 風不死岳 | |
 a view form Lake Shikotsu |
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| Elevation | 1,102.6 m (3,617 ft) [1] |
| Listing | List of mountains and hills of Japan by height |
| Location | |
| Location | Hokkaidō, Japan |
| Range | Nasu Volcanic Zone |
| Coordinates | 42°43′1″N 141°21′32″E / 42.71694°N 141.35889°ECoordinates: 42°43′1″N 141°21′32″E / 42.71694°N 141.35889°E |
| Topo map | Geographical Survey Institute (国土地理院 Kokudochiriin) 25000:1 風不死岳, 25000:1 樽前山, 50000:1 樽前山 |
| Geology | |
| Type | Stratovolcano |
| Age of rock | Holocene |
| Volcanic arc/belt | Northeastern Japan Arc |
Mount Fuppushi (風不死岳 Fuppushi-dake) is dormant[2] volcano located in Shikotsu-Toya National Park in Hokkaidō, Japan. It sits adjacent to Mount Tarumae and opposite Mount Eniwa. Mount Fuppushi is on the south shore of Lake Shikotsu, the caldera lake that spawned the volcanoes.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Geographical Survey Institute website, 25000:1 maps 風不死岳 and 樽前山
- ^ Paul Hunt, Hiking in Japan: An Adventurer's Guide to the Mountain Trails, pg. 179
- ^ "Shikotsu". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0805-04=.
- Geographical Survey Institute
- Paul Hunt, Hiking in Japan: An Adventurer's Guide to the Mountain Trails, Tokyo, Kodansha International Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-87011-893-5 and ISBN4-7700-1393-0 C0075
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