| Mount Meakan | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,499 m (4,918 ft) |
| Listing | List of mountains and hills of Japan by height List of volcanoes in Japan 100 Famous Japanese Mountains |
| Coordinates | 43°23′11″N 144°00′32″E / 43.38639°N 144.00889°E / 43.38639; 144.00889 |
| Naming | |
| Native name | |
| Geography | |
  Mount MeakanLocation of Mount Meakan in Hokkaidō, Japan.
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| Location | Hokkaidō, Japan |
| Parent range | Akan Volcanic Complex |
| Topo map(s) | Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 雌阿寒岳 25000:1 オンネト 50000:1 阿寒湖 50000:1 上足寄 |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Late Pleistocene-Holocene |
| Mountain type | stratovolcano |
| Volcanic arc | Kurile arc |
| Last eruption | November 2008 |
Mount Meakan (雌阿寒岳, Meakan-dake) is an active stratovolcano located in Akan National Park in Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the tallest mountain in the Akan Volcanic Complex. The volcano consists of nine overlapping cones that grew out of the Akan caldera, on the shores of Lake Akan. Mount Meakan has a triple crater at its summit. According to its name and local legend, Mount Meakan is the female counterpart to Mount Oakan on the other side of Lake Akan.
Geography
There are two ponds in the crater, 赤沼 (Sekinuma, Red Pond) and 青沼 (Aonuma, Blue Pond).
Gallery
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Akan Caldera
Me-Akan (bottom left)
O-Akan (center right) -
Seen from the NE
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March 2006 eruption
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See also
Notes
- ^ Hunt, Paul (1988). "32: Climbing an Active Volcano: Meakan-dake (雌阿寒岳)". Hiking in Japan: An Adventurer's Guide to the Mountain Trails (First ed.). Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International. pp. 195–200. ISBN 0-87011-893-5.
External links
- Meakandake - Japan Meteorological Agency (in Japanese)
- "Meakandake: National catalogue of the active volcanoes in Japan" (PDF). - Japan Meteorological Agency
- Meakan Dake - Geological Survey of Japan
- "Akan". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
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