, located on the border of
Kokonoe and
Taketa in
Ōita Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Ōita Prefecture has a population of 1,136,245 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,340 km2 (2,448 sq mi). Ōita Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northwest, Kumam ...
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Japan
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, is the highest mountain in
Kyushu Island
is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surroun ...
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, with a summit elevation of . It is one of the
. It is part of the
Aso-Kujū National Park.
Summary
The Kujū range consists of a dozen or so volcanic bodies gathered in a region of 13km east-west and 10km north-south. The mountains in the range include:
*Kujū Mountains
**Mount Kujū (1,787 m)- The main peak (久住山)
**Mount Nakadake (1,791 m)- The highest peak in
Kyushu
is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surroun ...
**Mount Inahoshi (1,774 m)
**Mount Hōsshō (1,762 m)
**Mount Mimata (1,745 m)
*Taisen Mountains
**Mount Taisen (1,786 m)
**Mount North (Kita) Taisen (1,706 m)
**Mount Heiji (1,642 m)
The Kujū volcanic group is mainly composed of
andesite
Andesite () is a volcanic rock of intermediate composition. In a general sense, it is the intermediate type between silica-poor basalt and silica-rich rhyolite. It is fine-grained (aphanitic) to porphyritic in texture, and is composed predomi ...
and
dacite
Dacite () is a volcanic rock formed by rapid solidification of lava that is high in silica and low in alkali metal oxides. It has a fine-grained (aphanitic) to porphyritic texture and is intermediate in composition between andesite and rhyolite. ...
, which is defined as the volcanic activity above the Miyagi pyroclastic flow deposit which formed about 200,000 years ago. The north and south areas of Mt. Kujū are plateau grasslands whose main industry is dairy farming.
Gallery
File:Kuju01.JPG, Mount Kujū from Mount Aso
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest.
Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
* Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England
* Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...
File:Kuju03.JPG, Mount Iō from Chōjabaru
File:Kuju04.JPG, Mount Hōsshō and Mount Iō from Chōjabaru
File:Kuju05.JPG, Mount Kujū from Narukogawa Gorge
File:Kuju Mountains 02.JPG, Mount Taisen
File:Kuju Mountains 03.JPG, Kujū Flower Gardens and Kujū Mountains
File:Makinoto Pass - 01.jpg, Mount Kujū from Makinoto Pass with Mount Mimata on the right
See also
*
List of Ultras of Japan
This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Japan.
See also
*List of mountains in Japan
Sources
ListMap
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Japan Ultras
Mountains of Japa ...
References
External links
Kujusan- Japan Meteorological Agency
* - Japan Meteorological Agency
- Geological Survey of Japan
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Volcanoes of Kyushu
Mountains of Ōita Prefecture
Stratovolcanoes of Japan
Pleistocene stratovolcanoes
Holocene stratovolcanoes
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