Mount Rausu | |
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羅臼岳 | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,660.4 m (5,448 ft)[1] |
Listing | List of mountains in Japan List of volcanoes in Japan 100 Famous Japanese Mountains |
Coordinates | 44°4′33″N 145°7′21″E / 44.07583°N 145.12250°E[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Hokkaidō, Japan |
Parent range | Shiretoko Peninsula |
Topo map | Geospatial Information Authority 25000:1 羅臼 25000:1 知床峠 50000:1 羅臼 |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Holocene[2] |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Volcanic arc/belt | Kuril arc[3] |
Last eruption | 1800 ± 50 years[2] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Scramble[3] |
Mount Rausu (羅臼岳, Rausu-dake) is a stratovolcano on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaidō, Japan. It sits on the border between the towns of Shari and Rausu. Mount Rausu is the northeasternmost Holocene volcano on Hokkaidō.[2] It is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan.
Mount Rausu's opening festival is held annually on July 3. This day officially opens the climbing season.[3]
In the past 2,200 years Mount Rausu is believed to have erupted thrice, with a Plinian Eruption roughly 1,400 years ago and a pyroclastic flow about 500 years ago.[4]