Mount Adatara

Mount Adatara
Viewed from the SE.
Highest point
Elevation1,728 m (5,669 ft)[1]
ListingVolcanoes in Japan
Coordinates37°38′39″N 140°17′10″E / 37.64417°N 140.28611°E / 37.64417; 140.28611
Naming
Native name安達太良山 (Japanese)
Geography
Mount Adatara is located in Fukushima Prefecture
Mount Adatara
Mount Adatara
Parent rangeŌu Mountains
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruptionAD 1900[2]

Mount Adatara (安達太良山, Adatara-yama) is a stratovolcano in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

It is located about 15 kilometres southwest of the city of Fukushima and east of Mount Bandai. Its last known eruption was in 1996.[1] An eruption in 1900 killed 72 workers at a sulfur mine located in the summit crater.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Adatara". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  2. ^ Adatara Yama - Geological Survey of Japan