Mount Echizen-dake (越前岳, Echizendake) is a Japanese volcanic peak in the area south-east of Mount Fuji. Its summit, 1,504 meters high,[1] is located in the Susono City, Shizuoka. It is the highest peak of the Mount Ashitaka lava dome.
| Mount Echizen-dake | |
|---|---|
| Ashitaka-yama | |
 Mount Echizen from Mount Hamaishi | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,504.22 m (4,935.1 ft) |
| Coordinates | 35°14′17″N 138°47′38.5″E / 35.23806°N 138.794028°E |
| Naming | |
| Native name | 越前岳 (Japanese) |
| Geography | |
| Location | Chūbu region, Honshu, Japan |
| Parent range | Mount Ashitaka |
| Geology | |
| Last eruption | 100000 BC |
  Echizen Mount Echizen-dake (Japan) | |
History edit
- Mount Echizen-dake erupted in the mid-Pleistocene epoch,[2] about 100,000 years ago.[3] It is an extinct volcano.[4]
- Echizen-dake was depicted on the 50-yen banknote of the 1938 issue.
Gallery edit
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Mount Fuji from the peak -
Fuji City from the peak
See also edit
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mount Echizen.
- ^ Karátson, D. "Erosion calderas: origins, processes, structural and climatic control," Bulletin of Volcanology Vol. 61 (1999), pp. 179 [PDF 6 of 20]; retrieved 2012-6-21.
- ^ University of Tokyo, Volcano Research Center, "Geology of Fuji Volcano"; retrieved 2012-6-21.
- ^ Kishimoto, Hiroshi et al. "Pyroclastic cone on southwestern flank of Ashikita Volcano," Japan Geoscience Union, 2010; retrieved 2012-6-21.
- ^ Shizuoka Guide, "Overview of Mt Fuji; retrieved 2012-6-21.
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