Mount Ashitaka
Eroded stratovolcano southeast of Mount Fuji
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Ashitaka
Mount Ashitaka (Japan)
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,[4] is Mount Echizen-dake, but the complex is named after its secondary peak, Ashitaka-yama, 1,188 m (3,898 ft) high.
Detailed map
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![Echizendake(1504)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Arrow_east.svg/13px-Arrow_east.svg.png)
Echizendake(1504)
![Ashitaka(1188)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Arrow_north.svg/5px-Arrow_north.svg.png)
Ashitaka(1188)
![Ihaidake(1458)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Arrow_west.svg/13px-Arrow_west.svg.png)
Ihaidake(1458)
![Kurodake(1087)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Arrow_west.svg/13px-Arrow_west.svg.png)
Kurodake(1087)
![Ōtake(1262)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Arrow_east.svg/13px-Arrow_east.svg.png)
Ōtake(1262)
![Yobikodake(1310)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Arrow_east.svg/13px-Arrow_east.svg.png)
Yobikodake(1310)
![Maedake(1336)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Arrow_west.svg/13px-Arrow_west.svg.png)
Maedake(1336)
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Topographic map of Ashitaka VolcanoGallery
- From the south.
- From above
- From Mount Fuji
See also
References
- ^ a b "Ashitaka". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Topographic map of Mount Ashitaka". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Ashitaka Yama". Geological Survey of Japan. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ Karátson, D (1999). "Erosion calderas: origins, processes, structural and climatic control". Bulletin of Volcanology. 61: 179. doi:10.1007/s004450050270.
The page incorporated material from Japanese Wikipedia page 愛鷹山, accessed 23 April 2019
External links
- Ashitaka Yama - Geological Survey of Japan
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