Mount Fuppushi

Mount Fuppushi
風不死岳
Viewed from Lake Shikotsu
Highest point
Elevation 1,102.6 m (3,617 ft) [1]
Listing List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Coordinates 42°43′1″N 141°21′32″E / 42.71694°N 141.35889°E / 42.71694; 141.35889Coordinates: 42°43′1″N 141°21′32″E / 42.71694°N 141.35889°E / 42.71694; 141.35889 
Geography
Location Hokkaidō, Japan
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
Age of rock Holocene
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt Northeastern Japan Arc
Last eruption 10 ka

Mount Fuppushi (風不死岳, Fuppushi-dake) is dormant volcano[2] 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]

References

  1. ↑ Geographical Survey Institute website, 25000:1 maps 風不死岳 and 樽前山
  2. ↑ Paul Hunt, Hiking in Japan: An Adventurer's Guide to the Mountain Trails, pg. 179
  3. ↑ "Shikotsu". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
  • "Tarumaesan: National catalogue of the active volcanoes in Japan" (PDF). - Japan Meteorological Agency
  • Fuppushi Dake - Geological Survey of Japan
  • Paul Hunt, Hiking in Japan: An Adventurer's Guide to the Mountain Trails, Tokyo, Kodansha International Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-87011-893-5 and ISBN 4-7700-1393-0


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