Mount Mekunnai Explained

Mount Mekunnai
Other Name:目国内岳
Elevation M:1220
Prominence M:673
Parent Peak:Niseko Annupuri
Listing:List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Location:Hokkaidō, Japan
Range:Mount Raiden Volcanic Group
Coordinates:42.9036°N 140.4694°W
Topo:Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 チセヌプリ
50000:1 岩内
Type:pyroclastic cone
Age:Quaternary
Volcanic Arc/Belt:Northeastern Japan Arc

is an andesitic volcano[1] in the Mount Raiden Volcanic Group on the border between Iwanai and Rankoshi, Hokkaidō, Japan. Mount Mekunnai is a pyroclastic cone.[2] The mountain consists of primarily non-alkali, mafic, volcanic rock. The rock is younger than that of neighboring Mount Raiden, being categorized at 700,000 to 13,000 years old. The rock is older than that of the Niseko Volcanic Group.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: RAIDEN-YAMA. https://archive.today/20121221025123/http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/strata/VOL_JP/EN/vol/191.htm. dead. December 21, 2012. 2006. Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2008-10-01.
  2. Web site: Niseko. Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 2008-10-01.
  3. Web site: Hokkaido. 2007. Seamless Digital Geological Map of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2010-10-12.