Mount Arashima

Mount Arashima
荒島岳
View of Mount Arashima from Ōno
Highest point
Elevation1,523 m (4,997 ft)
Prominence743 m (2,438 ft)
ListingMountains of Japan
Coordinates35°56′03″N 136°36′05″E / 35.934167°N 136.601389°E / 35.934167; 136.601389
Naming
Language of name
Japanese
Geography
Mount Arashima is located in Japan
Mount Arashima
Mount Arashima
Location within Japan
Country
Japan
Fukui
City
Ōno
Parent rangeRyōhaku Mountains
Geology
Basalt

Mount Arashima (荒島岳, Arashima-dake) is a mountain located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. This mountain is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.

Outline

Mount Arashima has an elevation of 1,523 m (4,997 ft), and is located in the central Ōno, Fukui. It is not a volcano although it emerged from originally volcanic terrain. It is, over a long period, the product of erosion of a caldera formed in the Middle Miocene, when the Sea of Japan was developed.

Vegetation

Rhododendron degronianum

The foot of Mount Arashima is covered in dense beech forest which, turning yellow in autumn, making the mountain stand out from the rest of the surrounding landscape.

The ascent of the north face, by the main hiking trail, leads to a plateau (at the elevation of about 1,200 m): Shakunage-daira (Rhododendron plateau), a place famous for the flowering of various species of azaleas in spring.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Topographic map of Mount Arashima". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  2. 1 2 "Arashima-dake, Japan". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  3. 1 2 Makoto Saito (2014). "Arashimadake" (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 January 2016..