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Mount Ashitaka
Mount Ashitaka
	Southeast Side
Highest point
Peak	Mount Echizen-dake
Elevation	1,504 m (4,934 ft)
Listing	Volcanoes of Japan
Coordinates	35°14′17″N 138°47′38″E / 35.238°N 138.7939°E
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
	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.

Detailed map edit

Echizendake(1504)

Ashitaka(1188)

Ihaidake(1458)

Kurodake(1087)

Ōtake(1262)

Yobikodake(1310)

Maedake(1336)

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Topographic map of Ashitaka Volcano

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From the south.
From above
From Mount Fuji

References edit

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