Mount Ashitaka

Mount Ashitaka
Southeast Side
Highest point
PeakMount Echizen-dake
Elevation1,504 m (4,934 ft)[1][2]
ListingVolcanoes of Japan
Coordinates35°14′17″N 138°47′38″E / 35.238°N 138.7939°E / 35.238; 138.7939[3]
Dimensions
Length7 km (4.3 mi) Southwest-Northeast
Width6 km (3.7 mi) Northwest-Southeast
Naming
Native name愛鷹山 (Japanese)
Geography
Map
CountryJapan
PrefectureShizuoka
Geology
Last eruptionPleistocene[1]
Map of Japan
Ashitaka
Ashitaka
Mount Ashitaka (Japan)

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.

  1. ^ a b "Ashitaka". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Topographic map of Mount Ashitaka". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Ashitaka Yama". Geological Survey of Japan. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  4. ^ Karátson, D (1999). "Erosion calderas: origins, processes, structural and climatic control". Bulletin of Volcanology. 61: 179. doi:10.1007/s004450050270.