Mount Ashitaka

Mount Ashitaka
Mount Ashitaka
	Southeast Side
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 (Japanese)
Geography
Country	Japan
Prefecture	Shizuoka
Range coordinates	35°13′37″N 138°48′11″E
	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,[1] is mount Echizen-dake, but the complex is named after secondary peak, Ashitaka-yama, 1,188 m (3,898 ft) high.

Detailed map

Echizendake(1504)

Ashitaka(1188)

Ihaidake(1458)

Kurodake(1087)

Ōtake(1262)

Yobikodake(1310)

Maedake(1336)

Topographic map of Ashitaka Volcano

Gallery

From the south.
From above
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

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[1] 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.