Mount Ashitaka | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Mount Echizen-dake |
Elevation | 1,504 m (4,934 ft)[1][2] |
Listing | Volcanoes of Japan |
Coordinates | 35°14′17″N 138°47′38″E / 35.238°N 138.7939°E[3] |
Dimensions | |
Length | 7 km (4.3 mi) Southwest-Northeast |
Width | 6 km (3.7 mi) Northwest-Southeast |
Naming | |
Native name | 愛鷹山 (Japanese) |
Geography | |
Country | Japan |
Prefecture | Shizuoka |
Geology | |
Last eruption | Pleistocene[1] |
Mount Ashitaka (愛鷹山, Ashitakayama) is an eroded stratovolcano in the area south-east of Mount Fuji, Japan. Its highest peak, 1,504 metres (4,934 ft) high,[4] is Mount Echizen-dake, but the complex is named after its secondary peak, Ashitaka-yama, 1,188 m (3,898 ft) high.