Mount Zaō
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| Mount Zaō | |
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 The Okama Crater Lake in early spring |
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| Elevation | 1,841 metres (6,040 feet) |
| Location | Honshū, Japan |
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| Type | Complex volcano |
| Last eruption | 1940 |
Mount Zaō (蔵王山 Zaō-san?) is a volcano on the border between Yamagata Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. It consists of a cluster of stratovolcanoes and is the most active volcano in northern Honshū. The central volcano of the group includes several lava domes and a tuff cone, Goshiki-dake, which contains a crater lake named Okama. Also known as the 'Five Color Pond' (五色沼, goshiki numa) because it changes color depending on the weather, it lies in a crater formed by a volcanic eruption in the 1720s. The lake is 360 metres (1,200 ft) in diameter and 60 m (200 ft) deep, and is one of the major tourist attractions in the area.
One striking feature of Zaō's famous ski resorts is the snow monsters that appear in mid-winter. These are trees frozen by winds from Siberia and covered in snow, giving a ghostly impression. Zaō is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan.
[edit] References
Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Zao
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