Mount Unabetsu

Mount Unabetsu
海別岳
Mount Unabetsu Location of Mount Unabetsu in Japan.
Elevation	1,419.3 m (4,656 ft) [1]
Prominence	910 [1]
Parent peak	Mount Rausu
Listing	List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Pronunciation	Japanese: [unabetsudake]
Location
Location	Hokkaido, Japan
Range	Shiretoko Peninsula
Coordinates	43°52′25″N 144°51′56″E / 43.87361°N 144.86556°E / 43.87361; 144.86556Coordinates: 43°52′25″N 144°51′56″E / 43.87361°N 144.86556°E / 43.87361; 144.86556[1]
Topo map	Geospatial Information Authority 25000:1 海別岳 25000:1 朱円 50000:1 斜里
Geology
Type	Stratovolcano
Age of rock	Quaternary
Volcanic arc/belt	Kurile arc
Last eruption	ca. 0.5 million years ago

Mount Unabetsu (海別岳, Unabetsu-dake^?) is a quaternary stratovolcano^[2]. Its summit is 1,419.3 metres (4,656 ft)^[1]. It is located on Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula on the border of Shari in Shari District, Abashiri and Shibetsu in Shibetsu District, Nemuro.

Geology

The mountain is made mainly of andesite and basalt.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "地図閲覧サービス 2万5千分1地形図名： 海別岳(斜里)" (in Japanese). 25000:1 Topographical maps. Geographical Survey Institute. http://watchizu.gsi.go.jp/watchizu.aspx?b=435236&l=1445236. Retrieved 14 January 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "UNABETSU-DAKE". Quaternary Volcanoes in Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST.. 2006. http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/strata/VOL_JP/EN/vol/223.htm. Retrieved 14 January 2010.