Mount Nekomadake

Mount Nekomadake
SE side in winter
Highest point
Elevation1,403.6 m (4,605 ft)
Coordinates37°36′41.9″N 140°01′42.1″E / 37.611639°N 140.028361°E / 37.611639; 140.028361
Naming
Native name猫魔ヶ岳 (Japanese)
Geography
Mount Nekomadake
Mount Nekomadake
Mount Nekomadake (Fukushima Prefecture)
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano-Caldera
Climbing
Easiest routeHappōdai Tozanguchi
(八方台登山口)

Mount Nekomadake (猫魔ヶ岳, Nekoma-dake, Nekoma-gadake) is a stratovolcano located west of Mount Bandai, close to Bandai town and Kitashiobara village in the Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is 1,403.6 metres high, and close to Lake Inawashiro and Oguni-numa Pond. Nekoma volcano is thought to be 0.8 - 1 million years old.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Global Volcanism Program | Nekoma". Smithsonian Institution | Global Volcanism Program.
  2. ^ "Nekomagatake". gbank.gsj.jp.

See also

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