Mount Fuppushi

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Mount Fuppushi
風不死岳
Elevation 1,102.6 metres (3,617.5 ft)[1]
Location Hokkaidō, Japan
Range Nasu Volcanic Zone
Coordinates 42°43′1″N 141°21′32″E / 42.71694, 141.35889Coordinates: 42°43′1″N 141°21′32″E / 42.71694, 141.35889
Topo map Geographical Survey Institute (国土地理院 Kokudochiriin?) 25000:1 風不死岳, 25000:1 樽前山, 50000:1 樽前山
Type Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt Northeast Japan Arc
Age of rock Holocene
Listing List of mountains and hills of Japan by height

Mount Fuppushi (風不死岳 Fuppushi-dake?) is dormant[2] volcano located in Shikotsu-Toya National Park in Hokkaidō, Japan. It sits adjacent to Mount Tarumae and opposite Mount Eniwa. Mount Fuppushi is on the south shore of Lake Shikotsu, the caldera lake that spawned the volcanoes.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Geographical Survey Institute> website, 25000:1 maps 風不死岳 and 樽前山
  2. ^ Paul Hunt, Hiking in Japan: An Adventurer's Guide to the Mountain Trails, pg. 179
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