Mount Shiretoko
Mount Shiretoko | |
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知床岳 | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,253.9 m (4,114 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 980 m (3,220 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Mount Higashi |
Listing | List of mountains and hills of Japan by height |
Geography | |
Location | Hokkaidō, Japan |
Parent range | Shiretoko Peninsula |
Topo map | Geospatial Information Authority 25000:1 知床岳 50000:1 知床岬 |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Middle Pleistocene |
Mountain type | stratovolcano |
Volcanic arc/belt | Kurile arc |
Last eruption | 200,000 years ago |
Mount Shiretoko (知床岳, Shiretoko-dake) is a volcano located on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaidō, Japan. The mountain consists of non-alkali mafic rocks, andesite.[2][3] Mount Shiretoko is in Shari town, in Shari District of Abashiri Subprefecture.
References
- ^ a b c Geospatial Information Authority topographical map 知床岳
- ^ "Hokkaido". Seamless Digital Geological Map of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "SHIRETOKO-DAKE". Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2010.