Akan Volcanic Complex

Akan Volcanic Complex
Mount Meakan, Akan-Fuji and Mount Oakan on a satellite image of Eastern Hokkaido
Highest point
PeakMount Meakan
Elevation1,499 m (4,918 ft)
Coordinates43°23′11″N 144°00′32″E / 43.38639°N 144.00889°E / 43.38639; 144.00889
Naming
Native name
Geography
Akan Volcanic Complex is located in Japan
Akan Volcanic Complex
Akan Volcanic Complex
Akan Volcanic Complex is located in Hokkaido
Akan Volcanic Complex
Akan Volcanic Complex
CountryJapan
StateHokkaidō
SubprefecturesKushiro and Tokachi
DistrictsAshoro District and Shiranuka District
MunicipalitiesAshoro, Kushiro and Shiranuka
Geology
Orogenyisland arc
Rock typeVolcanic
Last eruptionNovember 2008
Akan Caldera
Me-Akan (bottom left)
O-Akan (center right)
Mount Meakan and Akan Fuji from Mount Oakan (July 2008).
Vapor rising from Mount Meakan, seen from the lakeside of Lake Akan.

Akan Volcanic Complex is a volcanic group of volcanoes that grew out of the Akan caldera.[1] It is located within Akan National Park, about 50 km Northwest of Kushiro in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan.

  1. ^ "AKAN Caldera". Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2011-03-09.