Mount Raiden Volcanic Group

Mount Raiden Volcanic Group (雷電山火山群 Raiden-yama-kazangun)
Volcanic Group
Country	Japan
State	Hokkaidō
Region	Shiribeshi Subprefecture
Districts	Isoya District, Iwanai District
Municipalities	Iwanai, Kyōwa, Rankoshi
Borders on	Niseko Volcanic Group
Highest point	Mount Mekunnai
- elevation	1,220 m (4,003 ft)
- coordinates	42°53′59″N 140°30′55″E / 42.89972°N 140.51528°E / 42.89972; 140.51528
Biome	alpine climate
Geology	volcanic
Orogeny	island arc
Period	Quaternary

Mount Raiden Volcanic Group is a volcanic group of active stratovolcanoes and lava domes situated in Hokkaidō, Japan. The volcanoes were active 1.4 million to 800,000 years ago.^[1]

List of peaks

Name	Height	Type
Mount Mekunnai (目国内岳, Mekunnai-dake?)	1,220 metres (4,000 ft)	pyroclastic cone
Mount Raiden (雷電山, Raiden-yama?)	1,211.3 metres (3,970 ft)	pyroclastic cone
Mount Iwanai	-	-
Mount Shakunage	-	-

References

• "Niseko". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0805-031. 

1. ^ "RAIDEN-YAMA". Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2006. http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/strata/VOL_JP/EN/vol/191.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-29.