Mount Iwate

Mount Iwate
岩手山
Mount Iwate from the city of Morioka
Elevation	2,038 m (6,686 ft)
Prominence	1,745 m (5,725 ft)
Listing	List of mountains and hills of Japan by height List of volcanoes in Japan Ultra
Location
Mount Iwate Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates	39°50′59″N 141°0′16″E / 39.84972°N 141.00444°E / 39.84972; 141.00444Coordinates: 39°50′59″N 141°0′16″E / 39.84972°N 141.00444°E / 39.84972; 141.00444
Geology
Type	Stratovolcano complex
Last eruption	1919

Mount Iwate (岩手山, Iwate-san) is a stratovolcano complex located northwest of the city of Morioka in western Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku, Japan. The mountain is listed as one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains in a book composed in 1964 by mountaineer/author Kyūya Fukada.^[1]

Geology

Mount Iwate consists of a younger eastern symmetrical stratovolcano (Higashi-Iwate, "East Iwate") overlapping an older western stratovolcano (Nishi-Iwate, "West Iwate") which has collapsed to form a caldera.^[2] The oval-shaped, 1.8 x 3 km caldera has a central cone containing a 0.5 km wide crater, partially filled by a crater lake.

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mount Iwate.

• "Iwate-san, Japan" on Peakbagger