Mount Adatara

Mount Adatara (安達太良山, Adatara-yama) is a stratovolcano in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

Mount Adatara
Viewed from the SE.
Highest point
Elevation	1,728 m (5,669 ft)
Listing	Volcanoes in Japan
Coordinates	37°38′39″N 140°17′10″E
Naming
Native name	安達太良山 (Japanese)
Geography
Mount Adatara Fukushima Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Parent range	Ōu Mountains
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	AD 1900

It is located about 15 kilometres southwest of the city of Fukushima and east of Mount Bandai. Its last known eruption was in 1996. An eruption in 1900 killed 72 workers at a sulfur mine located in the summit crater.

History

The mountain is actually multiple volcanoes forming a broad, forested massif. It abuts Mount Azuma, a dormant volcano to the north. The peak is called Minowa-yama. It is the highest peak in the Adatara range, which stretches about 9 km in a north-south direction.

The active summit crater is surrounded by hot springs and fumaroles. Sulfur mining was carried out in the 19th century, and 72 mine workers were killed in an eruption in 1900. Poems about Mount Adatara by Kōtarō Takamura from his book "Chieko-sho" helped make it famous.

Gallery

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  Massif of Adatara Volcano
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  Numanotaira Crater
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  Summit

See also

• List of volcanoes in Japan
• List of mountains in Japan

References

Sources

• Takeda, Toru; Hishinuma, Tomio; Kamieda, Kinuyo; Dale, Leigh; Oguma, Chiyoichi (August 10, 1988). Hello! Fukushima - International Exchange Guide Book (1988 ed.). Fukushima City: Fukushima Mimpo Press.

External links

• Adatarayama - Japan Meteorological Agency (in Japanese)
• Adatarayama: National catalogue of the active volcanoes in Japan - Japan Meteorological Agency
• Adatara Yama - Geological Survey of Japan
• Adatarayama: Global Volcanism Program - Smithsonian Institution