Hiuchigatake

Mount Hiuchi
Hiuchigatake
Highest point
Elevation2,356 m (7,730 ft)
Coordinates36°57′7″N 139°17′19″E / 36.95194°N 139.28861°E / 36.95194; 139.28861
Naming
Native name燧ヶ岳 (Japanese)
Geography
Mount Hiuchi is located in Japan
Mount Hiuchi
Mount Hiuchi
Location within Japan
Mount Hiuchi is located in Fukushima Prefecture
Mount Hiuchi
Mount Hiuchi
Location within Fukushima Prefecture
LocationHonshu, Japan
Geology
Rock ageQuaternary
Stratovolcano
Volcanic arcNortheastern Japan Arc
Last eruptionJuly 1544

Mount Hiuchi, also Hiuchigatake (Japanese: 燧ヶ岳) is a 2,356 m-tall (7,730 ft) stratovolcano in Oze National Park, and located in Hinoemata Village, Minami-Aizu gun, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. This is the highest mountain in Tōhoku region. The volcano rises in the north of Lake Ozenuma [ja]. It is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.

Morphology

Hiuchi initially formed around 350,000 years ago. Around 160,000–170,000 years ago, Hiuchi erupted, creating a large pyroclastic flow deposit. At the summit of the volcano lie two lava domes, Akanagure (赤ナグレ) and Mi-ike (御池岳). Akanagure, the southern dome, produced a series of viscous lava flows that flowed down the southern and western parts of the volcano about 3500 years ago. Mi-ike is responsible for the only recorded activity.

Historic eruptions

1544 eruptions

The only recorded activity was on July 28, 1544. A moderate phreatic eruption at the Mi-ike Lava Dome produced lahars and an associated tephra layer.

Around Ozegahara

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Hiuchigatake: National catalogue of the active volcanoes in Japan" (PDF). Japan Meteorological Agency. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  2. 1 2 "燧ヶ岳" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  3. ↑ "Oze National Park_Guide of Highlights [MOE]".
  4. ↑ "日本百名山" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  5. ↑ Yukio Hayakawa (1994). "燧ヶ岳で見つかった約500年前の噴火堆積物". 火山 (in Japanese). 39 (5). doi:10.18940/kazan.39.5_243.

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