Mount Ashitaka
Appearance
Mount Ashitaka | |
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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 Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help) |
Geography | |
Country | Japan |
Prefecture | Shizuoka |
Range coordinates | 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 secondary peak, Ashitaka-yama, 1,188 m (3,898 ft) high.
Detailed map
Gallery
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From the south.
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From above
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From Mount Fuji
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 Yama - Geological Survey of Japan