Mount Nekomadake
Appearance
Mount Nekomadake | |
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SE side in winter | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,403.6 m (4,605 ft) |
Coordinates | 37°36′41.9″N 140°01′42.1″E / 37.611639°N 140.028361°E |
Naming | |
Native name | 猫魔ヶ岳 (Japanese) |
Geography | |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano-Caldera |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Happōdai 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]
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Bandai volcano (right)
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References[edit]
- ^ "Global Volcanism Program | Nekoma". Smithsonian Institution | Global Volcanism Program.
- ^ "Nekomagatake". gbank.gsj.jp.
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