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Mount_Usu Latitude and Longitude:

42°32′37″N 140°50′21″E / 42.5435°N 140.8392°E / 42.5435; 140.8392
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Mount Usu
有珠山 Usu-zan
Viewed from the SE.
Highest point
Elevation733 m (2,405 ft) [1] [2]
Listing Mountains of Japan
Coordinates 42°32′37″N 140°50′21″E / 42.5435°N 140.8392°E / 42.5435; 140.8392 [1]
Geography
Mount Usu is located in Hokkaido
Mount Usu
Mount Usu
Parent range Nasu Volcanic Zone
Topo map Geographical Survey Institute 25,000:1 壮瞥, 50,000:1 虻田
Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Type of rock Basalt, Andesite, Dacite and Rhyolite [2]
Volcanic arc/ beltNortheast Japan Arc
Last eruptionMarch 2000 to September 2001 [2]

Mount Usu (有珠山, Usu-zan [3]) is an active stratovolcano in the Shikotsu-Tōya National Park, Hokkaido, Japan. It has erupted four times since 1900: in 1910 (which created Meiji-shinzan [4]), 1944–45 (which created Shōwa-shinzan), August 7, 1977, [5] and on March 31, 2000. To the north lies Lake Tōya. Mount Usu formed on the southern rim of the caldera containing the lake.

Mount Usu and Shōwa-shinzan are major tourist attractions in the Shikotsu-Tōya National Park. A rope-way on Mount Usu takes visitors to viewing platforms overlooking Shōwa-shinzan. The 1977 eruption is mentioned in passing in Alan Booth's travelogue, The Roads to Sata. The 2008 G8 Summit was held near Mount Usu at Lake Tōya. [6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Topographic map of Mount Usu". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  2. ^ a b c "Toya". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  3. ^ Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan, Teikoku-Shoin Co., Ltd., ISBN  4-8071-0004-1
  4. ^ 神沼克伊,小山悦郎 日本の火山を科学する 日本列島津々浦々、あなたの身近にある108の活火山とは? ソフトバンククリエイティブ 2011. ISBN  978-4797361308.
  5. ^ "The 1977–78 Eruptions at the Mountain Peak and Ground Deformation". Archived from the original on 2010-10-12. Retrieved 2010-10-28. Last access 28 October 2010.
  6. ^ "Japan's Selects Hokkaido for 2008 Summit". University of Toronto. Retrieved 28 May 2008.

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