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Mount Shiretoko

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Location
  
Hokkaidō, Japan

Volcanic arc/belt
  
Kurile arc

Elevation
  
1,254 m

Age of rock
  
Middle Pleistocene

Parent range
  
Shiretoko Peninsula

Mountain type
  
stratovolcano

Last eruption
  
200,000 years ago

Prominence
  
980 m

Parent peak
  
Mount Higashi

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Topo map
  
Geospatial Information Authority 25000:1 知床岳 50000:1 知床岬

Similar
  
Mount Iō, Mount Rausu, Mount Unabetsu, Mount Onnebetsu, Mount Shari

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Mount Shiretoko (知床岳, Shiretoko-dake) is a volcano located on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaidō, Japan. The mountain consists of non-alkali mafic rocks, andesite. Mount Shiretoko is in Shari town, in Shari District of Abashiri Subprefecture.

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

References

Mount Shiretoko Wikipedia