is an eroded extinct
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 the area south-east of
Mount Fuji
is an active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu, with a summit elevation of . It is the highest mountain in Japan, the second-highest volcano on any Asian island (after Mount Kerinci on the Indonesian island of Sumatra), a ...
,
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. Its highest peak, high,
is
Mount Echizen-dake, but the complex is named after its secondary peak,
Ashitaka-yama, 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
*
List of mountains of Japan
References
The page incorporated material from Japanese Wikipedia page
愛鷹山, accessed 23 April 2019
External links
Ashitaka Yama- Geological Survey of Japan
Extinct volcanoes of Asia
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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