Mount Raiden Volcanic Group

Coordinates: 42°53′59″N 140°30′55″E / 42.89972°N 140.51528°E / 42.89972; 140.51528
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Mount Raiden Volcanic Group
Highest point
PeakMount Mekunnai
Elevation1,220 m (4,000 ft)
Coordinates42°53′59″N 140°30′55″E / 42.89972°N 140.51528°E / 42.89972; 140.51528
Naming
Native name
Geography
CountryJapan
StateHokkaidō
RegionShiribeshi Subprefecture
DistrictsIsoya District and Iwanai District
MunicipalitiesIwanai, Kyōwa and Rankoshi
Borders onNiseko Volcanic Group
Biomealpine climate
Geology
Orogenyisland arc
Age of rockQuaternary
Type of rockvolcanic

Mount Raiden Volcanic Group is a volcanic group of active stratovolcanoes and lava domes situated in Hokkaidō, Japan. The volcanoes were active 1.4 million to 800,000 years ago.[1]

List of peaks[edit]

Name Height Type
Mount Mekunnai (目国内岳, Mekunnai-dake) 1,220 metres (4,000 ft) pyroclastic cone
Mount Raiden (雷電山, Raiden-yama) 1,211.3 metres (3,970 ft) pyroclastic cone
Mount Iwanai - -
Mount Shakunage - -

References[edit]

  • "Niseko". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
  1. ^ "RAIDEN-YAMA". Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2006. Archived from the original on December 21, 2012. Retrieved 2008-09-29.