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Coordinates: 37°38′39″N 140°17′10″E / 37.64417°N 140.28611°E

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Mount Adatara
Viewed from the SE.
Highest point
Elevation	1,728 m (5,669 ft)^[1]
Listing	Volcanoes in Japan
Coordinates	37°38′39″N 140°17′10″E / 37.64417°N 140.28611°E / 37.64417; 140.28611
Naming
Native name	安達太良山 (Japanese)
Geography
Mount Adatara Fukushima Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Parent range	Ōu Mountains
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	AD 1900^[2]

Mount Adatara (安達太良山, Adatara-yama) is a stratovolcano in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

It is located about 15 kilometres southwest of the city of Fukushima and east of Mount Bandai. Its last known eruption was in 1996.^[1] An eruption in 1900 killed 72 workers at a sulfur mine located in the summit crater.^[1]

History

The mountain is actually multiple volcanoes forming a broad, forested massif. It abuts Mount Azuma, a dormant volcano to the north. The peak is called Minowa-yama. It is the highest peak in the Adatara range, which stretches about 9 km in a north-south direction.^[3]

The active summit crater is surrounded by hot springs and fumaroles. Sulfur mining was carried out in the 19th century, and 72 mine workers were killed in an eruption in 1900. Poems about Mount Adatara by Kōtarō Takamura from his book "Chieko-sho" helped make it famous.

Gallery

Massif of Adatara Volcano
Numanotaira Crater
Summit

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Adatara". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
^ Adatara Yama - Geological Survey of Japan
^ Takeda T., page 92.

Sources

Takeda, Toru; Hishinuma, Tomio; Kamieda, Kinuyo; Dale, Leigh; Oguma, Chiyoichi (August 10, 1988). Hello! Fukushima - International Exchange Guide Book (1988 ed.). Fukushima City: Fukushima Mimpo Press.

External links

Adatarayama - Japan Meteorological Agency (in Japanese)
Adatarayama: National catalogue of the active volcanoes in Japan - Japan Meteorological Agency
Adatara Yama - Geological Survey of Japan
Adatarayama: Global Volcanism Program - Smithsonian Institution

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