Mount Shiretoko

Mount Shiretoko (知床岳, Shiretoko-dake) is a volcano located on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaidō, Japan. The mountain consists of non-alkali mafic rocks and andesite.^[2][3] Mount Shiretoko is in Shari town, in Shari District of Abashiri Subprefecture.

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Mount Shiretoko
知床岳
Mt Shiretoko.
Highest point
Elevation	1,253.9 m (4,114 ft)[1]
Prominence	980 m (3,220 ft)[1]
Parent peak	Mount Higashi
Listing	List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Coordinates	44°14′9″N 145°16′26″E[1]
Geography
Mount Shiretoko Location of Mount Shiretoko in Japan.
Location	Hokkaidō, Japan
Parent range	Shiretoko Peninsula
Topo map	Geospatial Information Authority 25000:1 知床岳 50000:1 知床岬
Geology
Age of rock	Middle Pleistocene
Mountain type	stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt	Kurile arc
Last eruption	200,000 years ago

See also

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

References

1. Geospatial Information Authority topographical map 知床岳
2. "Hokkaido". Seamless Digital Geological Map of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
3. "SHIRETOKO-DAKE". Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2006. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2010.

External links

• Shiretoko Dake - Geological Survey of Japan
• "Shiretoko". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 25 June 2021.