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Mount Rausu

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Location
  
Hokkaidō, Japan

Volcanic arc/belt
  
Kuril arc

Elevation
  
1,660 m

Age of rock
  
Holocene

Mountain type
  
Stratovolcano

Easiest route
  
Scramble

Last eruption
  
1880

Parent range
  
Shiretoko Peninsula

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Topo map
  
Geospatial Information Authority 25000:1 羅臼 25000:1 知床峠 50000:1 羅臼

Similar
  
Mount Shari, Mount Iō, Mount Meakan, Mount Rishiri, Mount Shiretoko

Mount Rausu (羅臼岳, Rausu-dake) is a stratovolcano on the Shiretoko Peninsula on Hokkaidō, Japan. It sits on the border between the towns of Shari and Rausu. Mount Rausu is the northeastern most Holocene volcano on Hokkaidō. It is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan.

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Map of Mount Rausu, Onnebetsumura, Shari, Shari District, Hokkaido Prefecture 099-4100, Japan

Mount Rausu's opening festival is held annually on July 3. This day officially opens the climbing season.

In the past 2200 years it is believed that Mount Rausu erupted thrice, with a Plinian Eruption roughly 1400 years ago and a pyroclastic flow about 500 years ago.

History

  • June 1, 1964 - The region around Mount Rausu declared Shiretoko National Park
  • July 2005 - Shiretoko registered as a Natural World Heritage Site

    • References

    Mount Rausu Wikipedia
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