Asahi-dake
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thumb|265px|Asahi-dake, the tallest mountain peak in Hokkaido, with Sugatami Pond in the foreground is a stratovolcano located near the town of Higashikawa, Hokkaido and the tallest mountain on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. It is part of the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group of the Ishikari Mountains, located in the northern part of the Daisetsuzan National Park.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Mount Asahi
- Mountain.other_name
- Kamui-mintara
- Mountain.photo
- 140724 Asahi-dake Hokkaido Japan02s3.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Asahi-dake, the tallest mountain peak in Hokkaido (July 2014)
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2290.9
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 2290.9
- Mountain.map
- Japan
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location of Mount Asahi in Japan.
- Mountain.label_position
- left
- Mountain.listing
- List of mountains and hills of Japan by heightList of ultra prominent peaksList of volcanoes in JapanRibu
- Mountain.language
- Japanese
- Mountain.location
- Higashikawa, Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan
- Mountain.range
- Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group
- Mountain.topo
- Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 旭岳25000:1 愛山溪温泉50000:1 大雪山50000:1 旭岳
- Mountain.type
- Stratovolcano
- Mountain.age
- Holocene
- Mountain.last_eruption
- 1739
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Volcano
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Higashikawa
- Elevation
- 2291
- Image
- 姿見ノ池からの旭岳.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mount Asahi (Daisetsuzan)
- name in kana
- あさひだけ
- located in protected area
- Daisetsuzan National Park
- mountain range
- Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group
- webcam page URL
- 211.18.244.62/webcam/support
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Geology
- Eruptive history
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|265px|Asahi-dake, the tallest mountain peak in Hokkaido, with Sugatami Pond in the foreground is a stratovolcano located near the town of Higashikawa, Hokkaido and the tallest mountain on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. It is part of the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group of the Ishikari Mountains, located in the northern part of the Daisetsuzan National Park.
Its native Ainu name is Kamui-mintara, which means "the playground of the gods".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Asahi-dake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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