Mount Raiden Volcanic Group | |
Country: | Japan |
Subdivision1: | Hokkaidō |
Subdivision2 Type: | Region |
Subdivision2: | Shiribeshi Subprefecture |
Subdivision3 Type: | Districts |
Settlement Type: | Municipalities |
Borders On: | Niseko Volcanic Group |
Highest: | Mount Mekunnai |
Elevation M: | 1220 |
Coordinates: | 42.8997°N 140.5153°W |
Geology: | volcanic |
Orogeny: | island arc |
Age: | Quaternary |
Biome: | alpine climate |
Mount Raiden Volcanic Group is a volcanic group of active stratovolcanoes and lava domes situated in Hokkaidō, Japan. The volcanoes were active 1.4 million to 800,000 years ago.[1]
Name | Height | Type | |
---|---|---|---|
1220m (4,000feet) | pyroclastic cone | ||
1211.3m (3,974.1feet) | pyroclastic cone | ||
Mount Iwanai | - | - | |
Mount Shakunage | - | - |