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Mount Raiden Volcanic Group

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Mount Raiden Volcanic Group
Map
Highest point
PeakMount Mekunnai, Shiribeshi Subprefecture
Elevation1,220 m (4,000 ft)
Naming
Native name雷電山火山群 Raiden-yama-kazangun Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help)
Geography
CountryJapan
StateHokkaidō
RegionShiribeshi Subprefecture
DistrictsIsoya District and Iwanai District
Borders onNiseko Volcanic Group
Biomealpine climate
Geology
Orogenyisland arc
Age of rockQuaternary
Type of rockvolcanic

Mount Raiden Volcanic Group is a volcanic group of active stratovolcanoes and lava domes situated in Hokkaidō, Japan. The volcanoes were active 1.4 million to 800,000 years ago.[1]

List of peaks

Name Height Type
Mount Mekunnai (目国内岳, Mekunnai-dake) 1,220 metres (4,000 ft) pyroclastic cone
Mount Raiden (雷電山, Raiden-yama) 1,211.3 metres (3,970 ft) pyroclastic cone
Mount Iwanai - -
Mount Shakunage - -

References

  • "Niseko". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
  1. ^ "RAIDEN-YAMA". Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2006. Retrieved 2008-09-29.