Mount Bandai

Mount Bandai
Mount Bandai rises above rice fields.
Elevation	1,819 m (5,968 ft)
Listing	100 famous mountains in Japan
Location
Mount Bandai Fukushima Prefecture, Tōhoku region, Honshū, Japan
Coordinates	37°36′03″N 140°04′20″E / 37.60083°N 140.07222°E / 37.60083; 140.07222Coordinates: 37°36′03″N 140°04′20″E / 37.60083°N 140.07222°E / 37.60083; 140.07222
Geology
Type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	1888
Climbing
Easiest route	Hiking

Mount Bandai (磐梯山, Bandai-san^?), also known as Aizu-Bandai-san (会津磐梯山^?), Aizu-Fuji (会津富士^?), and Aizu-ne (会津嶺^?), is a stratovolcano in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

In a major eruption on July 15, 1888^[1] the north and east parts of the caldera collapsed in a massive landslide, forming two lakes, Hibara-ko and Onogawa-ko, as well as several minor lakes called Goshiki-numa, or the 'Five Coloured Lakes'.

The lake district formed by this cataclysm became known variously as Urabandai or Bandai-kōgen, and has become a tourist destination.

This last eruption was particularly tremendous and completely reshaped its vicinity. All the surrounding villages were destroyed, killing 461 people and burning another 70.^{[citation needed]} Volcanic debris blocking nearby rivers created lakes and ponds.

Climbing Mount Bandai

There are six major routes up Mount Bandai.

• Inawashiro Tozankō (猪苗代登山口)
• Okinajima Tozankō (翁島登山口)
• Hapōdai Tozankō (八方台登山口)
• Urabandai Tozankō (裏磐梯登山口)
• Kawakami Tozankō (川上登山口)
• Shibutani Tozankō (渋谷登山口)

See also

Media related to Mount Bandai at Wikimedia Commons

• List of volcanoes in Japan
• List of the 100 famous mountains in Japan
• 1888 Eruption of Mount Bandai

Notes

1. ^ Rowthorn C., page 454

References

• "Bandai". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0803-16=. 
• Rowthorn, Chris (2005). Japan. Lonely Planet. ISBN 1740599241 
• Fukushima Kenjin of Brazil

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