Mount_Shiretoko Knowpia

Mount Shiretoko
Mount Shiretoko
知床岳
	Mt Shiretoko.
Highest point
Elevation	1,253.9 m (4,114 ft)
Prominence	980 m (3,220 ft)
Parent peak	Mount Higashi
Listing	List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Coordinates	44°14′9″N 145°16′26″E / 44.23583°N 145.27389°E
Geography
	Mount Shiretoko Location of Mount Shiretoko in Japan.
Location	Hokkaidō, Japan
Parent range	Shiretoko Peninsula
Topo map	Geospatial Information Authority 25000:1 知床岳; 50000:1 知床岬
Geology
Age of rock	Middle Pleistocene
Mountain type	stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt	Kurile arc
Last eruption	200,000 years ago

Mount Shiretoko (知床岳, Shiretoko-dake) is a volcano located on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaidō, Japan. The mountain consists of non-alkali mafic rocks and andesite.^[2]^[3] Mount Shiretoko is in Shari town, in Shari District of Abashiri Subprefecture.

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c Geospatial Information Authority topographical map 知床岳
^ "Hokkaido". Seamless Digital Geological Map of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
^ "SHIRETOKO-DAKE". Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2006. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2010.