is a
stratovolcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and peri ...
in
Fukushima Prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture (; ja, 福島県, Fukushima-ken, ) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,810,286 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miyagi ...
, Japan.
It is located about 15 kilometres southwest of the city of
Fukushima
may refer to:
Japan
* Fukushima Prefecture, Japanese prefecture
** Fukushima, Fukushima, capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
***Fukushima University, national university in Japan
*** Fukushima Station (Fukushima) in Fukushima, Fukushim ...
and east of
Mount Bandai
is a stratovolcano located in Inawashiro-town, Bandai-town, and Kitashiobara village, in Yama-Gun, Fukushima prefecture. It is an active stratovolcano located to the north of Lake Inawashiro. Mount Bandai, including the Bandai heights, belo ...
. Its last known eruption was in 1996.
[ An eruption in 1900 killed 72 workers at a sulfur mine located in the summit crater.][
]
History
The mountain is actually multiple volcanoes forming a broad, forested massif. It abuts Mount Azuma
is an active stratovolcano in Fukushima prefecture, Japan.
It has a conical-shaped crater and as the name "Kofuji" (small Mount Fuji) suggests, the shape of Mount Azuma is like that of Mount Fuji. Mount Azuma's appealing symmetrical crater and ...
, a dormant volcano to the north. The peak is called Minowa-yama. It is the highest peak in the Adatara range, which stretches about 9 km in a north-south direction.[Takeda T., page 92.]
The active summit crater is surrounded by hot springs and fumaroles
A fumarole (or fumerole) is a vent in the surface of the Earth or other rocky planet from which hot volcanic gases and vapors are emitted, without any accompanying liquids or solids. Fumaroles are characteristic of the late stages of volcan ...
. Sulfur mining was carried out in the 19th century, and 72 mine workers were killed in an eruption in 1900. Poems about Mount Adatara by Kōtarō Takamura
was a Japanese poet and sculptor.
Biography
Takamura was the eldest son of Japanese sculptor Takamura Kōun
was a Japanese sculptor who exerted himself for the modernization of wood carving and a professor of Tokyo School of Fine Arts, wh ...
from his book "Chieko-sho" helped make it famous.
Gallery
File:Adatara Volcano Relief Map, SRTM-1.jpg, Massif of Adatara Volcano
File:Mount Adatara, Numanotaira.JPG, Numanotaira Crater
File:Summit of Mt.Adatara 02.jpg, Summit
See also
* List of volcanoes in Japan
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Japan. An Orange background indicates a volcano considered active by the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Hokkaido
Honshū
Izu Islands
Ogasawara Archipelago
The Ogasawara Archipelag ...
* List of mountains in Japan
The following is a list of the mountains and hills of Japan, ordered by height.
Mountains over 1000 meters
Mountains under 1000 meters
As the generally accepted definition of a mountain (versus a hill) is 1000 m of height and 500 m of pro ...
References
;Sources
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See also
* Mount Bandai
is a stratovolcano located in Inawashiro-town, Bandai-town, and Kitashiobara village, in Yama-Gun, Fukushima prefecture. It is an active stratovolcano located to the north of Lake Inawashiro. Mount Bandai, including the Bandai heights, belo ...
* Mount Iide
is the main peak of the Iide mountain range that spans the Fukushima, Niigata and Yamagata prefectures in Japan. On top of the mountain stands the . Mount Iide is, together with the rest of the range, one of the mountains described in Kyūya F ...
External links
Adatarayama
- Japan Meteorological Agency
Adatarayama: National catalogue of the active volcanoes in Japan
- Japan Meteorological Agency
- Geological Survey of Japan
Adatarayama: Global Volcanism Program
- Smithsonian Institution
Mountains of Fukushima Prefecture
Volcanoes of Fukushima Prefecture
Volcanoes of Honshū
Stratovolcanoes of Japan
Active volcanoes
Pleistocene stratovolcanoes
Holocene stratovolcanoes
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