Earth:Mount Usu
| Mount Usu | |
|---|---|
| 有珠山 Usu-zan | |
 Viewed from the SE. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 733 m (2,405 ft) [1][2] |
| Listing | Mountains of Japan |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 42°32′37″N 140°50′21″E / 42.5435°N 140.8392°E [1] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Usu Hokkaidō, Japan | |
| Parent range | Nasu Volcanic Zone |
| Topo map | Geographical Survey Institute 25,000:1 壮瞥, 50,000:1 虻田 |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Type of rock | Basalt, Andesite, Dacite and Rhyolite[2] |
| Volcanic arc/belt | Northeast Japan Arc |
| Last eruption | March 2000 to September 2001[2] |
Mount Usu (有珠山 Usu-zan[3]) is an active stratovolcano in the Shikotsu-Tōya National Park, Hokkaido, Japan . It has erupted four times since 1900: in 1910 (which created Meiji-shinzan[4]), 1944–45 (which created Shōwa-shinzan), August 7, 1977,[5] and on March 31, 2000. To the north lies Lake Tōya. Mount Usu formed on the southern rim of the caldera containing the lake.
Mount Usu and Shōwa-shinzan are major tourist attractions in the Shikotsu-Tōya National Park. A rope-way on Mount Usu takes visitors to viewing platforms overlooking Shōwa-shinzan. The 1977 eruption is mentioned in passing in Alan Booth's travelogue, The Roads to Sata. The 2008 G8 Summit was held near Mount Usu at Lake Tōya.[6]
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See also
- List of volcanoes in Japan
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Topographic map of Mount Usu". https://opentopomap.org/#marker=14/42.5435/140.8392.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Toya". Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=285030.
- ↑ Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan, Teikoku-Shoin Co., Ltd., ISBN:4-8071-0004-1
- ↑ 神沼克伊,小山悦郎 日本の火山を科学する 日本列島津々浦々、あなたの身近にある108の活火山とは？ ソフトバンククリエイティブ 2011. ISBN:978-4797361308.
- ↑ "The 1977–78 Eruptions at the Mountain Peak and Ground Deformation". http://www.toya-usu-geopark.org/en/midokoromap/94. Retrieved 2010-10-28. Last access 28 October 2010.
- ↑ "Japan's Selects Hokkaido for 2008 Summit". University of Toronto. http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/whatsnew/2008location.html.
External links
- Usuzan—Japan Meteorological Agency (in Japanese)
- "15. Usuzan". National Catalogue of the Active Volcanoes in Japan. Japan Meteorological Agency. http://www.data.jma.go.jp/svd/vois/data/tokyo/STOCK/souran_eng/volcanoes/015_usuzan.pdf.
- Usu Volcano—Geological Survey of Japan
- Toya-Usu UNESCO Global Geopark
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