Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group

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Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group
南八ヶ岳 Minami-Yatsugatake
File:Mt.Akadake and Mt.Amidadake from Mt.Gongendake 02.jpg
Yatsugatake from Mount Gongen (August 2010)
Highest point
Peak Mount Aka
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Naming
Etymology Southern mountains with eight peaks
Geography
Country Japan
States Nagano Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture
Region Chūbu
Districts Minamisaku and Suwa
Parent range Yatsugatake Mountains
Borders on Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group
Biome Alpine climate
Geology
Orogeny Island arc
Age of rock Quaternary
Type of rock Volcanic
Yatsugatake from Mt. Kitayoko (June 2007)

Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group (南八ヶ岳 Minami-Yatsugatake?), also just Yatsugatake is a volcanic group of inactive volcanoes located on the border of Nagano Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture on Honshū in Japan.

Description

The Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group is part of the Yatsugatake Mountains. The southern group is defined as the mountains south of the Natsuzawa Pass. The highest peak of the mountains is Mount Aka and the elevation is 2,899 metres.

The southern Yatugatake mountains are steep and have alpine characteristics. The mountains of the Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group are gentler and lower.

This volcanic group is listed among the 100 famous mountains in Japan. There the mountains are listed as Yatsugatake. Mount Tateshina is also part of the Yatsugatake mountains, but is listed separately.

These mountains are part of the Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park.[1]

Geology

The volcanoes are stratovolcanoes that are 1 million to 200,000 years old. The rock is mainly basalt and andesite.[2]

List of peaks

The following peaks make up the Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group:[2][3]

Name Height
Mount Aka (赤岳 Aka-dake?) 2,899.2 metres (9,511.8 ft)
Mount Yoko (横岳 Yoko-dake?) 2,829 metres (9,281 ft)
Mount Amida (阿弥陀岳 Amida-dake?) 2,805 metres (9,203 ft)
Mount Iō (硫黄岳 Iō-dake?) 2,760 metres (9,060 ft)
Mount Gongen (権現岳 Gongen-dake?) 2,715 metres (8,907 ft)
Mount Amigasa (編笠山 Amigasa-yama?) 2,523.7 metres (8,279.9 ft)
Mount Nishi (西岳 Nishi-dake?) 2,398 metres (7,867 ft)
Utsukushimori (美し森 Utsukushi-mori?) 1,542.4 metres (5,060.4 ft)

Gallery

  • Mt.Akadake from Mt.Gongendake 01.jpg

    Mount Aka, the highest peak of the Yatsugatake mountains

  • Yatsugatake4.jpg

    Mount Gongen, from Mount Aka

  • Mt.Akadake and Mt.Amidadake from Mt.Gongendake 01.jpg

    Mount Amida, Mount Iō, Mount Yoko and Mount Aka from Mount Gongen

  • Amikasa01.JPG

    Mount Amida, Mount Iō, Mount Yoko, Mount Aka and Mount Gongen from Mount Amigasa

References

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See also

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