Mount Meakan
Highest point
Elevation1,499 m (4,918 ft)
ListingList of mountains and hills of Japan by height
List of volcanoes in Japan
100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Coordinates43°23′11″N 144°00′32″E / 43.38639°N 144.00889°E / 43.38639; 144.00889
Naming
Native name
Geography
Mount Meakan is located in Hokkaido
Mount Meakan
Mount Meakan
Location of Mount Meakan in Hokkaidō, Japan.
LocationHokkaidō, Japan
Parent rangeAkan Volcanic Complex
Topo mapGeographical Survey Institute 25000:1 雌阿寒岳
25000:1 オンネト
50000:1 阿寒湖
50000:1 上足寄
Geology
Age of rockLate Pleistocene-Holocene
Mountain typestratovolcano
Volcanic arc/beltKurile arc
Last eruptionNovember 2008

Mount Meakan (雌阿寒岳, Meakan-dake) is an active stratovolcano located in Akan National Park in Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the tallest mountain in the Akan Volcanic Complex.[1] The volcano consists of nine overlapping cones that grew out of the Akan caldera, on the shores of Lake Akan. Mount Meakan has a triple crater at its summit. According to its name and local legend, Mount Meakan is the female counterpart to Mount Oakan on the other side of Lake Akan.[1]

Geography

There are two ponds in the crater, 赤沼 (Sekinuma, Red Pond) and 青沼 (Aonuma, Blue Pond).

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Hunt, Paul (1988). "32: Climbing an Active Volcano: Meakan-dake (雌阿寒岳)". Hiking in Japan: An Adventurer's Guide to the Mountain Trails (First ed.). Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International. pp. 195–200. ISBN 0-87011-893-5.


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