is a
stratovolcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a typically conical volcano built up by many alternating layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with ...
in
Fukushima Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,771,100 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture ...
, Japan.
It is located about 15 kilometres southwest of the city of
Fukushima 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, 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.
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 another 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 volcani ...
. Sulfur mining was carried out in the 19th century. An eruption in the crater in July 1900 killed 72 mine workers, injured another 10 and completely destroyed the sulfur mine.
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 Archipelago ...
* List of mountains in Japan
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References
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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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