Mount Ashitaka

Mount Ashitaka (愛鷹山, Ashitakayama) is a Japanese volcanic complex in the area south-east of Mount Fuji.[1] Its highest peak is Mount Echizen-dake 1504 meters high, but Mount Ashitaka is named after its secondary peak, Ashitaka-yama, 1188 meters high.[2]

View of the extinct volcano Ashitakayama, woodblock print by Hiroshige

History

Mount Ashitaka erupted in the mid-Pleistocene epoch.[3] It last erupted about 100,000 years ago.[4] It is an extinct volcano.[5]

  • Snow-covered Mt Fuji and Mt Ashitaka at far right seen across Suruga Bay
  • Tokaido Road station near Hara by Hiroshige
View of Mt Ashitaka in the middle front and Mt Fuji in the rear as seen from Jukkoku Pass

References
  1. Chamberlina, Basil Hall. (1901). A Handbook for Travellers in Japan, p. 170.
  2. 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.
  3. University of Tokyo, Volcano Research Center, "Geology of Fuji Volcano". Retrieved 2012-6-21.
  4. Kishimoto, Hiroshi et al. "Pyroclastic cone on southwestern flank of Ashikita Volcano," Japan Geoscience Union, 2010. Retrieved 2012-6-21.
  5. Shizuoka Guide, "Overview of Mt Fuji. Retrieved 2012-6-21.

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