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Mount Mekunnai

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Parent peak
  
Niseko Annupuri

Mountain type
  
pyroclastic cone

Elevation
  
1,220 m

Age of rock
  
Quaternary

Location
  
Hokkaidō, Japan

Volcanic arc/belt
  
Northeastern Japan Arc

Prominence
  
673 m

Mount Mekunnai httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Parent range
  
Mount Raiden Volcanic Group

Topo map
  
Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 チセヌプリ 50000:1 岩内

Mountain range
  
Niseko Volcanic Group, Mount Raiden Volcanic Group

Similar
  
Mount Raiden, Chisenupuri, Mt Io, Mt Niseko‑Annupuri, Mt Konbu

Mount Mekunnai (目国内岳, Mekunnai-dake) is an andesitic volcano in the Mount Raiden Volcanic Group on the border between Iwanai and Rankoshi, Hokkaidō, Japan. Mount Mekunnai is a pyroclastic cone. The mountain consists of primarily non-alkali, mafic, volcanic rock. The rock is younger than that of neighboring Mount Raiden, being categorized at 700,000 to 13,000 years old. The rock is older than that of the Niseko Volcanic Group.

Map of Mount Mekunnai, Niimi, Rankoshi, Isoya District, Hokkaido Prefecture 048-1327, Japan

References

Mount Mekunnai Wikipedia