Mount Kusatsu-Shirane

Mount Kusatsu-Shirane
Mount Kusatsu-Shirane
Elevation 2,171 m (7,123 ft)
Location
Location Honshū, Japan
Coordinates 36°37′12″N 138°32′06″E / 36.620°N 138.535°E / 36.620; 138.535
Geology
Type Stratovolcanoes
Last eruption 1983
Yugama

Mount Kusatsu-Shirane (草津白根山 Kusatsu Shirane-san?) is a 2160 meter active volcano in Kusatsu, Gunma, Japan. It is called Kusatsu Shirane to differentiate it from the Mount Nikkō-Shirane on the other side of Gunma Prefecture. The summit of Kusatsu-Shirane volcano, located immediately north of Asama volcano, consists of a series of overlapping pyroclastic cones and three crater lakes. The largest of these is Yu-gama, an acidic turquoise-colored lake with rafts of yellow sulfur floating on its surface.

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References

v · d · e100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Hokkaidō
Tōhoku region
Jōshinetsu region
Kantō region
Mt. Nantai · Mt. Oku-Shirane · Mt. Nasu · Mt. Sukai · Hotakayama · Mt. Akagi · Mt. Kusatsu-Shirane · Mt. Azumaya · Mt. Asama · Mt. Tsukuba · Mt. Tanzawa · Mt. Ryōkami · Mt. Kumotori · Mt. Kobushi · Mt. Kinpu · Mt. Mizugaki · Mt. Daibosatsu · Mt. Fuji · Mt. Amagi
Chūbu region
Hida Mountains
(Northern Alps)
Mt. Shirouma · Mt. Goryū · Mt. Kashima Yari · Mt. Tsurugi · Mt. Tate · Mt. Yakushi · Mt. Kurobegorō · Mt. Kuro (Suishō) · Mt. Washiba · Mt. Yari · Mt. Hotaka · Mt. Jōnen · Mt. Kasa · Mt. Yake · Mt. Norikura
Kiso Mountains
(Central Alps)
Akaishi Mountains
(Southern Alps)
Others
Mt. Ontake · Utsukushigahara · Mt. Kirigamine · Mt. Tateshina · Yatsugatake · Mt. Haku · Mt. Arashima
Western Japan
Mt. Ibuki · Mt. Ōdaigahara · Mt. Ōmine · Daisen · Mt. Tsurugi · Mt. Ishizuchi · Mt. Kujū (Kokonoe) · Mt. Sobo · Mt. Aso · Mt. Kirishima · Mt. Kaimon · Mt. Miya-no-ura
Kyūya Fukada - List of mountains in Japan - Three-thousanders (in Japan)


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