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Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan - Geological Survey of Japan; Volcano on Google Map - Geological Survey of Japan; The National Catalogue of the Active Volcanoes in Japan - Japan Meteorological Agency; 日本の主な山岳標高 (Elevation of Principal Mountains in Japan) - Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (in Japanese)
Many of Japan's typical examples of dinosaur fossils were found in this area. One of the major rock outcrops is in the Kuwashima area and is known as the "Kuwashima Fossil Wall" (桑島化石壁 Kuwashima Kasekikabe). Because the mountain is a dormant volcano, it is well known for its many onsen.
Mount Daisen (大山, Daisen) is a dormant stratovolcano in Tottori Prefecture, Japan.It has an elevation of 1,729 m (5,673 ft). This mountain is the highest in the Chūgoku region, and the most important volcano on the Daisen volcanic belt, which is a part of the Southwestern Honshu volcanic arc, where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting under the Amurian Plate.
Shikaribetsu Volcanic Group — lies in the eastern part of the park and includes Mount Ishikari. The Ishikari River (268 kilometres (167 mi)), which emerges from Mount Ishikari, is the third longest in Japan and the longest in Hokkaidō. [7] [8] These volcanic groups lie around a central highlands dominated by Mount Tomuraushi.
The mountain is located on the borders of Gifu and Nagano prefectures in Chūbu-Sangaku National Park. [7] Relief map of Norikura volcano. The Norikura Plateau borders the mountain on its northern side in Nagano Prefecture. The mountain, whose name means "riding saddle," received its name because its shape looks like a horse saddle.
The Ishikari Mountains (石狩山地, Ishikari Sanchi) is a range of volcanic mountains in central Hokkaidō, Japan. The mountain range is made up from the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group and the Tomuraushi Volcanic Group. [1] The volcanoes are part of the Kurile arc of the Pacific ring of fire. The mountains are also referred to as Kamui Mintara ...
Viewed from Mount Usu. Shōwa-shinzan (昭和新山, Shōwa-shinzan) is a volcanic lava dome in the Shikotsu-Toya National Park, Hokkaido, Japan, next to Mount Usu.The mountain was created between 28 December 1943 and September 1945. [2]
It is the tallest volcano of the Tokachi Volcanic Group, with a height of 2,077 metres (6,814 ft). [1] It is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan. There are four hiking trails to the peak of Tokachidake. Below is a hut, a campground and a natural hot spring . Mount Tokachi is a volcano, seen from Mount Biei Seen from the northwest.