Mount Adatara | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,728 m (5,669 ft)[1] |
Listing | Volcanoes in Japan |
Coordinates | 37°38′39″N 140°17′10″E / 37.64417°N 140.28611°E |
Naming | |
Native name | 安達太良山 (Japanese) |
Geography | |
Fukushima Prefecture, Honshu, Japan | |
Parent range | Ōu Mountains |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Last eruption | AD 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]