Mount Kamui (カムイヌプリ, Kamui-nupuri [1]), also Kamuinupuri or Mount Mashū, a potentially active volcano, is a parasitic stratovolcano of the Mashū caldera (itself originally a parasitic cone of Lake Kussharo)[2][3][4] located in the Akan National Park of Hokkaido, Japan.
Mount Kamui | |
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カムイヌプリ | |
![]() Map of Hokkaido showing location of Mount Kamui and Lake Mashū. | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 857 m (2,812 ft) |
Listing | List of mountains and hills of Japan by height |
Coordinates | 43°34′20″N 144°33′39″E / 43.57222°N 144.56083°E |
Naming | |
English translation | mountain of the gods |
Language of name | Ainu |
Geography | |
Location | Hokkaido, Japan |
Parent range | Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group |
Topo map | Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 摩周湖南部, 50000:1 摩周湖 |
Geology | |
Mountain type | stratovolcano |
Volcanic arc/belt | Kurile arc |
Last eruption | 1080 CE ± 100 years |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Hike |
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Volcanism
editMount Kamui rose on the rim of 6 km-wide Mashū caldera, about four thousand years ago, after the collapse of Mashū volcano. Its last eruption took place about 1000 years ago.[5]
Tourism
editHikers can follow a 7.2 km wooded trail to the peak of the mountain, walking along the ridge of the caldera, which is a 300-m vertical drop to the surface of the Lake Mashū.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Kamui-nupuri: Japan". Geograpnical Names. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- ^ "Geospatial Information Authority of Japan". Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- ^ "KAMUINUPURI". Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- ^ "Mashu". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ "Mashu caldera, Japan". Volcano Photos. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- ^ "カムイヌプリ(摩周岳)( 857m) [第一展望台コース". 一人歩きの北海道山紀行. Archived from the original on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2011-03-08.