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, with a summit elevation of . It is one of the

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. It is part of the Aso-Kujū National Park.

Summary

The Kujū range consists of a dozen or so volcanic bodies gathered in a region of 13km east-west and 10km north-south. The mountains in the range include: *Kujū Mountains **Mount Kujū (1,787 m)- The main peak (久住山) **Mount Nakadake (1,791 m)- The highest peak in

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**Mount Inahoshi (1,774 m) **Mount Hōsshō (1,762 m) **Mount Mimata (1,745 m) *Taisen Mountains **Mount Taisen (1,786 m) **Mount North (Kita) Taisen (1,706 m) **Mount Heiji (1,642 m) The Kujū volcanic group is mainly composed of

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and

dacite Dacite () is a volcanic rock formed by rapid solidification of lava that is high in silica and low in alkali metal oxides. It has a fine-grained ( aphanitic) to porphyritic texture and is intermediate in composition between andesite and rhyo ...

, which is defined as the volcanic activity above the Miyagi pyroclastic flow deposit which formed about 200,000 years ago. The north and south areas of Mt. Kujū are plateau grasslands whose main industry is dairy farming.

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File:Kuju01.JPG, Mount Kujū from

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File:Kuju03.JPG, Mount Iō from Chōjabaru File:Kuju04.JPG, Mount Hōsshō and Mount Iō from Chōjabaru File:Kuju05.JPG, Mount Kujū from Narukogawa Gorge File:Kuju Mountains 02.JPG, Mount Taisen File:Kuju Mountains 03.JPG, Kujū Flower Gardens and Kujū Mountains File:Makinoto Pass - 01.jpg, Mount Kujū from Makinoto Pass with Mount Mimata on the right

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- Japan Meteorological Agency * - Japan Meteorological Agency

- Geological Survey of Japan * Volcanoes of Kyushu Mountains of Ōita Prefecture Stratovolcanoes of Japan Pleistocene stratovolcanoes Holocene stratovolcanoes {{Ōita-geo-stub

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