Mount Kamui (Lake Mashū caldera)

Mount Kamui
カムイヌプリ
Map of Hokkaido showing location of Mount Kamui and Lake Mashū.
Elevation	857 m (2,812 ft)
Listing	List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Translation	mountain of the gods (Ainu)
Location
Location	Hokkaido, Japan
Range	Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group
Coordinates	43°34′20″N 144°33′39″E / 43.57222°N 144.56083°E / 43.57222; 144.56083Coordinates: 43°34′20″N 144°33′39″E / 43.57222°N 144.56083°E / 43.57222; 144.56083
Topo map	Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 摩周湖南部, 50000:1 摩周湖
Geology
Type	stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt	Kurile arc
Last eruption	970 AD ± 100 years
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike

Mount Kamui (カムイヌプリ, Kamui-nupuri ^{[1] ?}), also Kamuinupuri or Mount Mashū, a potentially active volcano, is a parasitic stratovolcano of the Mashū caldera (itself originally a parasitic cone of Lake Kussharo)^[2][3][4] located in the Akan National Park of Hokkaido, Japan.

Mount Kamui rising above Lake Mashū.

Volcanism

Mount Kamui rose on the rim of 6 km-wide Mashū caldera, about four thousand years ago, after the collapse of Mashū volcano. Its last eruption took place about 1000 years ago.^[5]

Tourism

Hikers can follow a 7.2 km wooded trail to the peak of the mountain, walking along the ridge of the caldera, which is a 300-m vertical drop to the surface of the Lake Mashū, offering spectacular views.^[6]

References

1. ^ "Kamui-nupuri: Japan". Geograpnical Names. http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-347044&fid=3230&c=japan. Retrieved 2011-03-08. 
2. ^ "Geospatial Information Authority of Japan". http://www.gsi.go.jp/ENGLISH/index.html. Retrieved 2011-03-08. 
3. ^ "KAMUINUPURI". Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 2006. http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/strata/VOL_JP/EN/vol/220d.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-08. 
4. ^ "Mashu". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0805-081. Retrieved 2011-03-08. 
5. ^ "Mashu caldera, Japan". Volcano Photos. http://www.geographic.org/photos/volcanoes/volcano_photos_41.html. Retrieved 2011-03-08. 
6. ^ "カムイヌプリ（摩周岳）( 857m) ［第一展望台コース". 一人歩きの北海道山紀行. http://sakag.web.infoseek.co.jp/masyu.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-08.