is an eroded
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 per ...
in the area south-east of
Mount Fuji
, or Fugaku, located on the island of Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan, with a summit elevation of . It is the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the island of Sumatra), and seventh-highest p ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. Its highest peak, high,
[Karátson, D]
"Erosion calderas: origins, processes, structural and climatic control,"
''Bulletin of Volcanology'' Vol. 61 (1999), pp. 179 DF 6 of 20 Retrieved 2012-6-21. is
Mount Echizen-dake, but the complex is named after its secondary peak,
Ashitaka-yama
is an eroded stratovolcano in the area south-east of Mount Fuji, Japan. Its highest peak, high,Karátson, D "Erosion calderas: origins, processes, structural and climatic control,"''Bulletin of Volcanology'' Vol. 61 (1999), pp. 179 DF 6 of 20 ...
, high.
Detailed map
Gallery
File:Mount Fuji from Mount Daruma.jpg, From the south.
File:Mt fuji and mt ashitaka.jpg, From above
File:From Mount Fuji (2961118619).jpg, From Mount Fuji
See Also
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List of volcanoes in Japan
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List of mountains in Japan
References
The page incorporated material from Japanese Wikipedia page
愛鷹山, accessed 23 April 2019
External links
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Ashitaka Yama- Geological Survey of Japan
Extinct volcanoes
Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc
Pleistocene lava domes
Mountains of Shizuoka Prefecture
Pleistocene stratovolcanoes
Stratovolcanoes of Japan
Subduction volcanoes
Volcanoes of Honshū
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