Mount Kamui | |
Other Name: | カムイヌプリ |
Elevation M: | 857 |
Listing: | List of mountains and hills of Japan by height |
Translation: | mountain of the gods |
Language: | Ainu |
Location: | Hokkaido, Japan |
Range: | Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group |
Coordinates: | 43.5722°N 144.5608°W |
Topo: | Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 摩周湖南部, 50000:1 摩周湖 |
Type: | stratovolcano |
Volcanic Arc/Belt: | Kurile arc |
Last Eruption: | 1080 CE ± 100 years |
Easiest Route: | Hike |
, also Kamuinupuri or Mount Mashū, a potentially active volcano, is a parasitic stratovolcano of the Mashū caldera (itself originally a parasitic cone of Lake Kussharo)[1] [2] [3] located in the Akan National Park of Hokkaido, Japan.
Mount Kamui rose on the rim of 6 km-wide Mashū caldera, about four thousand years ago, after the collapse of Mashū volcano. Its last eruption took place about 1000 years ago.[4]
Hikers can follow a 7.2 km wooded trail to the peak of the mountain, walking along the ridge of the caldera, which is a 300-m vertical drop to the surface of the Lake Mashū.[5]