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Mount Kamui (Lake Mashū caldera)

Coordinates: 43°34′20″N 144°33′39″E / 43.57222°N 144.56083°E / 43.57222; 144.56083
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Mount Kamui
カムイヌプリ
Map of Hokkaido showing location of Mount Kamui and Lake Mashū.
Highest point
Elevation857 m (2,812 ft)
ListingList of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Coordinates43°34′20″N 144°33′39″E / 43.57222°N 144.56083°E / 43.57222; 144.56083
Naming
English translationmountain of the gods
Language of nameAinu
Geography
Map
LocationHokkaido, Japan
Parent rangeDaisetsuzan Volcanic Group
Topo map(s)Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 摩周湖南部, 50000:1 摩周湖
Geology
Mountain typestratovolcano
Volcanic arcKurile arc
Last eruption1080 CE ± 100 years
Climbing
Easiest routeHike

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 rising above Lake Mashū.

Volcanism

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Mount 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

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Hikers 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

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  1. ^ "Kamui-nupuri: Japan". Geograpnical Names. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  2. ^ "Geospatial Information Authority of Japan". Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  3. ^ "KAMUINUPURI". Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  4. ^ "Mashu". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  5. ^ "Mashu caldera, Japan". Volcano Photos. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  6. ^ "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.