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Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group

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Peak
  
Mount Asahi

Etymology
  
big snowy mountains

State
  
Hokkaidō

Highest point
  
Asahi-dake

Type of rock
  
Volcano

Parent range
  
Mount Ishikari

Elevation
  
2,290 m (7,510 ft)

Native name
  
大雪山系 Daisetsu-zankei

Region
  
Kamikawa subprefecture

Country
  
Japan

Age of rock
  
Quaternary

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Mountains
  
Asahi‑dake, Mount Tomuraushi, Mount Hokuchin, Mount Hakuun, Mount Midori

Similar
  
Asahi‑dake, Daisetsuzan Sōunkyō Kurodake, Mount Tomuraushi, Daisetsuzan National Park, Mount Tokachi

Daisetsuzan national park sounkyo


The Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group (大雪山系, Daisetsu-zankei, also called Taisetsu-zan) is a volcanic group of peaks arranged around the 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) wide Ohachi-Daira (御鉢平, Ohachi-daira) caldera in Hokkaidō, Japan. In the Ainu language it is known as Nutapukaushipe or Nutaku Kamushupe. These peaks are the highest in Hokkaidō. The group lends its name to the Daisetsuzan National Park in which the volcanic group is located.

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Map of Daisetsu-zan, Sounkyo, Kamikawa, Kamikawa District, Hokkaido Prefecture 078-1701, Japan

Japan trip daisetsu kogen onsen hiking trail through a pond hokkaido10


Geography

The volcanic group lies at the north end of the Daisetsu-Tokachi graben on the Kurile arc of the Ring of Fire. The volcanic zone makes itself known through a number of fumaroles and natural hot springs.

List of mountains by height

The following peaks make up the volcanic group:

References

Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group Wikipedia