Mount Ontake

Mount Ontake
御嶽山
Viewed from Kuzo Pass of Route 361
Highest point
Elevation3,067 m (10,062 ft)[1]
Prominence1,712 m (5,617 ft)[2]
ListingUltra
100 famous mountains in Japan
Coordinates35°53′34″N 137°28′49″E / 35.89278°N 137.48028°E / 35.89278; 137.48028[1]
Geography
Mount Ontake is located in Japan
Mount Ontake
Mount Ontake
Japan
LocationGifu and Nagano, Chūbu region, Japan
Topo map(s)Geographical Survey Institute, 25000:1 御嶽山, 50000:1 御嶽山
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruptionOctober 2014

Mount Ontake (御嶽山, Ontake-san), also referred to as Mount Kiso Ontake (木曽御嶽山, Kiso Ontake-san), is the 14th highest mountain and second highest volcano in Japan (after Mount Fuji) at 3,067 m (10,062 ft).[3] It is included in Kyūya Fukada's 1964 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.

  1. ^ a b "Mountains altitude list in Japan(Gifu prefecture)" (in Japanese). Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
  2. ^ "Japan Ultra-Prominences". Peaklist.org. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  3. ^ "Ontakesan". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.