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Mount Iō (Kirishima)
Mount Iō also Mount Iwo may refer to: * Mount Iō (Akan), in Akan National Park in Hokkaidō. * Mount Iō (Iōjima), in Kagoshima prefecture on the island of Iōjima. * Mount Iō (Shiretoko), in Shiretoko National Park in Hokkaidō. * Mount Iō (Yatsugatake), in the Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group of the Yatsugatake Mountains in Honshū. * Iozen ,The reading for 山, mountain, is indeed 'zen' rather than the usual 'san' also Iozen, is a tall mountain in Japan, on the border of Kanazawa, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa and Nanto, Toyama, Nanto City, Toyama. Notes Mountains of Toyama Pr ..., a mountain on the border of Ishikawa and Toyama. * One of the cones of the Kirishima group. {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Iō (Akan)
also Mount Iwo is a volcano in the Akan Volcanic Complex of Hokkaidō, Japan. It sits within the borders of the town of Teshikaga. The mountain was once mined for sulphur, hence its name. To the Ainu the mountain was known as Atosanupuri (''naked mountain''). The mountain is quite bare. Despite its bareness and being a rather low mountain at it hosts alpine plant life. It hosts colonies of Siberian Dwarf Pine, Rhododendron diversipilosum, and other members of Ericaceae. Gallery File:Atsosa Nupuri-201709.jpg, Distant view File:Atsosa Nupuri-Fumaroles.jpg, Fumaroles File:Mount Io Teshikaga Hokkaido Japan10n.jpg, Visitor center See also *List of volcanoes in Japan *List of mountains in Japan The following is a list of the mountains and hills of Japan, ordered by height. Mountains over 1000 meters Mountains under 1000 meters As the generally accepted definition of a mountain (versus a hill) is 1000 m of height and 500 m of pro ... References Io Io ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Iō (Iōjima)
also Mount Iwo is an active rhyolitic lava dome on Iōjima in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It sits within the borders of the town of Mishima. The mountain is made up of non-alkali felsic In geology, felsic is a modifier describing igneous rocks that are relatively rich in elements that form feldspar and quartz.Marshak, Stephen, 2009, ''Essentials of Geology,'' W. W. Norton & Company, 3rd ed. It is contrasted with mafic rocks, whi ... rock and pyroclasitic flows. References VolcanoWorld - Kikai, Kyūshū, Japan* S. HamasakiVolcanic-related alteration and geochemistry of Iwodake volcano, Satsuma-Iwojima, Kyushu, SW Japan ''Earth Planets Space'', pp 217–229, 2002, Tsukuba, Research Center for Deep Geological Environments, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, External links - Japan Meteorological Agency * - Japan Meteorological Agency - Geological Survey of Japan - Geological Survey of Japan * Io Active volcanoes Io Io {{geology-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Iō (Shiretoko)
also Mount Iwo is an active andesitic stratovolcano on the Shiretoko Peninsula of Hokkaidō, Japan. It sits within the borders of the town of Shari. Mount Iō is known for erupting liquid sulphur in the eruptions of 1889 and 1936. Mount Iō literally means, ''sulphur mountain''. There are two explosion craters and a lava dome In volcanology, a lava dome is a circular mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano. Dome-building eruptions are common, particularly in convergent plate boundary settings. Around 6% of eruptions on ... at the summit of the volcano.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. . History of eruptions Volcanic activity started at least 240,000 years ago. Mount Iō has erupted at the following times: #850 AD ± 500 years #1857–1858 #23–26 September 1876 #24–26 Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Iō (Yatsugatake)
is a mountain on the border of Chino and Minamimaki, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. This mountain is one of the major mountains of Yatsugatake Mountains. Mount Iō literally means, ''sulphur mountain''. Outline Mount Iō is a stratovolcano in Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group. This mountain also belongs to the Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park. Route This mountain is one of the major mountains in Yatsugatake Mountains, which is easy for climbers to reach to the top. The easiest route is from Sakurazawa. Access * Minotoguchi Bus Stop of Suwa Bus * Tatsunokan Bus Stop of Suwa Bus had been a bus company in Suwa area Nagano Prefecture, Japan until March 2011 because the company has been be taken over by Alpico Kotsu. After merging to Alpico Kotsu, Suwa Bus is a nickname which Alpico Kotsu Group operates on Suwa area. Hist ... Gallery File:Mt.Iodake 08.jpg, Summit of Mount Iō from the SSE File:Mt.Iodake 02.jpg, View from summit of Mount Iō. Mount Amida o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iozen
,The reading for 山, mountain, is indeed 'zen' rather than the usual 'san' also Iozen, is a tall mountain in Japan, on the border of Kanazawa, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa and Nanto, Toyama, Nanto City, Toyama. Notes Mountains of Toyama Prefecture {{Japan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishikawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,140,573 (31 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,186 km2 (1,616 sq mi). Ishikawa Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the east, Gifu Prefecture to the southeast, and Fukui Prefecture to the south. Kanazawa is the capital and largest city of Ishikawa Prefecture, with other major cities including Hakusan, Komatsu, and Kaga. Ishikawa is located on the Sea of Japan coast and features the most of the Noto Peninsula which forms Toyama Bay, one of the largest bays in Japan. Ishikawa Prefecture is part of the historic Hokuriku region and formerly an important populated center that contained some of the wealthiest ''han'' (domains) of the Japanese feudal era. Ishikawa Prefecture is home to Kanazawa Castle, Kenroku-en one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, Nyotaimori ("body sushi"), and Kutani ware. History Ishikawa was formed in 1872 from the merger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 1,044,588 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefecture to the south, Nagano Prefecture to the east, and Niigata Prefecture to the northeast. Toyama is the capital and largest city of Toyama Prefecture, with other major cities including Takaoka, Imizu, and Nanto. Toyama Prefecture is part of the historic Hokuriku region, and the majority of prefecture's population lives on Toyama Bay, one of the largest bays in Japan. Toyama Prefecture is the leading industrial prefecture on the Japan Sea coast and has the advantage of cheap electricity from abundant hydroelectric resources. Toyama Prefecture contains the only known glaciers in East Asia outside of Russia, first recognized in 2012, and 30% of the prefecture's area is designated as national parks. History Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
