Mount Ashitaka

is a Japanese volcanic complex in the area south-east of Mount Fuji.Chamberlina, Basil Hall. (1901).  A Handbook for Travellers in Japan, p. 170.  Its highest peak is Mount Echizen-dake 1504 meters high, but Mount Ashitaka is named after its secondary peak, Ashitaka-yama, 1188 meters high.Karátson, D.  "Erosion calderas: origins, processes, structural and climatic control," Bulletin of Volcanology Vol. 61 (1999), pp. 179 [PDF 6 of 20]. Retrieved 2012-6-21.

History
Mount Ashitaka erupted in the mid-Pleistocene epoch.University of Tokyo, Volcano Research Center, "Geology of Fuji Volcano". Retrieved 2012-6-21.  It last erupted about 100,000 years ago.Kishimoto, Hiroshi et al. "Pyroclastic cone on southwestern flank of Ashikita Volcano," Japan Geoscience Union, 2010. Retrieved 2012-6-21.  It is an extinct volcano.Shizuoka Guide, "Overview of Mt Fuji. Retrieved 2012-6-21.

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Other websites

 SpringerImages,  "Simplified geologic cross-section of Fuji and Ashitaka Volcanoes"

Category:Volcanoes of Japan