Mount Echizen-dake explained

Mount Echizen-dake
Other Name:	Ashitaka-yama
Location:	Chūbu region, Honshu, Japan
Elevation M:	1504.22
Range:	Mount Ashitaka
Coordinates:	35.2381°N 138.794°W
Last Eruption:	100000 BC
Map Size:	280

is a Japanese volcanic peak in the area south-east of Mount Fuji. Its summit, 1,504 meters high,^[1] is located in the Susono City, Shizuoka. It is the highest peak of the Mount Ashitaka lava dome.

History

• Mount Echizen-dake erupted in the mid-Pleistocene epoch,^[2] about 100,000 years ago.^[3] It is an extinct volcano.^[4]
• Echizen-dake was depicted on the 50-yen banknote of the 1938 issue.

See also

• List of volcanoes in Japan
• List of mountains in Japan

References

The page incorporated material from Japanese Wikipedia page 越前岳, accessed 23 April 2019

Notes and References

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.
2. University of Tokyo, Volcano Research Center, "Geology of Fuji Volcano"; retrieved 2012-6-21.
3. Kishimoto, Hiroshi et al. "Pyroclastic cone on southwestern flank of Ashikita Volcano," Japan Geoscience Union, 2010; retrieved 2012-6-21.
4. Shizuoka Guide, "Overview of Mt Fuji; retrieved 2012-6-21.