is a
volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are ...
in
Beppu
is a city in Ōita Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. As of March 31, 2017, the city had a population of 122,643 ,
Ōita,
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 ...
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Outline
Mount Tsurumi is 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 ...
. It has several peaks, including, Mount Kuranoto, Mount Uchi, Mount Garan. This mountain is one of
Japan 300 mountains, and a part of
Aso Kujū National Park
is a national park in Kumamoto and Ōita Prefectures, Japan. The park derives its name from Mount Aso, the largest active volcano in Japan, and the Kujū mountains.
History
Established as Aso National Park in 1934, in 1986 after extensio ...
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Route
The easiest way to reach to the top of Mount Tsurumi is to use
Kintetsu Beppu Ropeway. When walking up to the top, it takes about two hours from
Toriimae Bus Stop and two and half hours from
Higashi Tozanguchi Bus Stop.
Access
* Tsurumi Sanjo Station
* Toriimae Bus Stop
* Higashi Tozanguchi Bus Stop
Gallery
File:View of volcanoes on west side of Beppu City from south side of Matogahama Park.JPG, ESE side
File:Mt.Tsurumidake 03.jpg, West side
See also
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List of volcanoes in Japan
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Japan. An Orange background indicates a volcano considered active by the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Hokkaido
Honshū
Izu Islands
Ogasawara Archipelago
The Ogasawara Archipelag ...
External links
Tsurumidake and Garandake National catalogue of the active volcanoes in Japan - Japan Meteorological Agency
- Geological Survey of Japan
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Holocene lava domes
Mountains of Ōita Prefecture
Volcanoes of Kyushu
Volcanoes of Ōita Prefecture