Mount Ashitaka

Mount Ashitaka
Mount Ashitaka
	Southeast Side
Highest point
Peak	Mount Echizen-dake
Elevation	1,504 m (4,934 ft)
Dimensions
Length	7 km (4.3 mi) Southwest-Northeast
Width	6 km (3.7 mi) Northwest-Southeast
Naming
Native name	愛鷹山 (Japanese)
Geography
Country	Japan
Prefecture	Shizuoka
Range coordinates	35°13′37″N 138°48′11″E
Climbing
	Ashitaka Mount Ashitaka (Japan)

Mount Ashitaka (愛鷹山, Ashitakayama) is an eroded stratovolcano in the area south-east of Mount Fuji, Japan. Its highest peak, 1,504 metres (4,934 ft) high,[1] is mount Echizen-dake, but the complex is named after secondary peak, Ashitaka-yama, 1,188 m (3,898 ft) high.

Detailed map

Echizendake(1504)

Ashitaka(1188)

Ihaidake(1458)

Kurodake(1087)

Ōtake(1262)

Yobikodake(1310)

Maedake(1336)

Topographic map of Ashitaka Volcano

Gallery

From the south.
From above
From Mount Fuji

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References

Karátson, D. "Erosion calderas: origins, processes, structural and climatic control," Bulletin of Volcanology Vol. 61 (1999), pp. 179 [PDF 6 of 20]; retrieved 2012-6-21.

The page incorporated material from Japanese Wikipedia page 愛鷹山, accessed 23 April 2019

External links

Ashitaka Yama - Geological Survey of Japan

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[1] Karátson, D. "Erosion calderas: origins, processes, structural and climatic control," Bulletin of Volcanology Vol. 61 (1999), pp. 179 [PDF 6 of 20]; retrieved 2012-6-21.