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View of the extinct volcano Ashitakayama
View of the extinct volcano Ashitakayama, woodblock print by Hiroshige

Mount Ashitaka (愛鷹山, Ashitakayama) is a Japanese volcanic complex in the area south-east of Mount Fuji. Its highest peak is Mount Echizen-dake 1504 meters high, but Mount Ashitaka is named after its secondary peak, Ashitaka-yama, 1188 meters high.

History

Mount Ashitaka erupted in the mid-Pleistocene epoch. It last erupted about 100,000 years ago. It is an extinct volcano.

Gallery

  • Mount Fuji and Ashitaka Mountains from Satta Pass

    Snow-covered Mt Fuji and Mt Ashitaka at far right seen across Suruga Bay

  • Tokaido53 Hara

    Tokaido Road station near Hara by Hiroshige

View of Mt Ashitaka in the middle front and Mt Fuji in the rear as seen from Jukkoku Pass
  • SpringerImages, "Simplified geologic cross-section of Fuji and Ashitaka Volcanoes"


Images for kids

  • Mount Fuji from Mount Daruma

    From the south.

  • Mt fuji and mt ashitaka

    From above

  • From Mount Fuji (2961118619)

    From Mount Fuji

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