Mount Raiden Volcanic Group

Mount Raiden Volcanic Group
雷電山火山群 Raiden-yama-kazangun
Highest point
Peak Mount Mekunnai (Shiribeshi Subprefecture)
Elevation 1,220 m (4,000 ft)
Coordinates 42°53′59″N 140°30′55″E / 42.89972°N 140.51528°E / 42.89972; 140.51528Coordinates: 42°53′59″N 140°30′55″E / 42.89972°N 140.51528°E / 42.89972; 140.51528
Geography
Country Japan
State Hokkaidō
Region Shiribeshi Subprefecture
Districts Isoya District and Iwanai District
Borders on Niseko Volcanic Group
Biome alpine climate
Geology
Orogeny island arc
Age of rock Quaternary
Type of rock volcanic

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

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

  1. "RAIDEN-YAMA". Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2006. Retrieved 2008-09-29.


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