Hiuchigatake

Mountain in Japan
Mount Hiuchi is located in Japan
Mount Hiuchi
Mount Hiuchi
Honshu, Japan
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Mount Hiuchi is located in Fukushima Prefecture
Mount Hiuchi
Mount Hiuchi
Mount Hiuchi (Fukushima Prefecture)
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GeologyAge of rockQuaternaryMountain typeStratovolcano[2]Last eruptionJuly 1544[1]

Mount Hiuchi, also Hiuchigatake (Japanese: 燧ヶ岳) is a 2,356 m tall stratovolcano in Oze National Park, and located in Hinoemata Village, Minami-Aizu gun, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. This is the highest mountain in Tōhoku region.[3] The volcano rises in the north of Lake Ozenuma [ja]. It is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.[2][4]

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.[1][5]

Hiuchigatake is located in 100x100
Mount Hiuchigatake
Lake Ozenuma [ja]
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Around Ozegahara

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hiuchigatake: National catalogue of the active volcanoes in Japan" (PDF). Japan Meteorological Agency. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  2. ^ a b "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.

Further reading

  • Yukio Hayakawa; Fusao Arai; Tomohiro Kitazume (1997). "Eruptive History of Hiuchi Volcano". Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi). 106 (5): 660–664. doi:10.5026/jgeography.106.5_660.

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