Mount Oakan
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Mount Oakan (雄阿寒岳, Oakan-dake) is a
Geography and geology
Mount Oakan sits in the Akan caldera northeast of Lake Akan. The volcano rises some 900 metres (3,000 ft) above the surrounding terrain. The top of the volcano is 1,370 metres (4,490 ft) above sea level. The volcanic cone is some 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) in diameter. There are three explosion craters at the summit. At Kitanakahara (北中腹) at about 800 metres (2,600 ft), there is a fumarole.[1] The volcano is made mostly from non-alkali mafic volcanic rock. The main rock type is andesite and dacite.
History
Mount Oakan emerged in the Late Pleistocene dropping pumice on Minamishikata. After that, continuous lava flows formed the bulk of the volcano. In the final stages of its life, a parasitic volcano formed a lava dome at the summit.[1]
According to its name and local legend, Mount Oakan is the male counterpart to Mount Meakan on the other side of Lake Akan. [2]
Notes
- ^ a b Saitō, Hiroshi (1996). 雄阿寒岳火山. 新版 地学事典 (in Japanese). 平凡社. Retrieved 2008-10-10.[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 0-87011-893-5.
External links
- Oakandake - Japan Meteorological Agency (in Japanese)
- "Oakandake: National catalogue of the active volcanoes in Japan" (PDF). - Japan Meteorological Agency
- Oakan Dake - Geological Survey of Japan
- Akan: Global Volcanism Program - Smithsonian Institution
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