Mount Hokkaidō-Komagatake
北海道駒ヶ岳
View from Lake Ōnuma (August 2008)
Highest point
Elevation1,131 m (3,711 ft)
ListingList of mountains and hills of Japan by height
List of volcanoes in Japan
Coordinates42°03′48″N 140°40′38″E / 42.06333°N 140.67722°E / 42.06333; 140.67722
Naming
Language of nameJapanese
Geography
Mount Hokkaidō-Komagatake is located in Hokkaido
Mount Hokkaidō-Komagatake
Mount Hokkaidō-Komagatake
Topo mapGeographical Survey Institute 25000:1 駒ヶ岳
50000:1 室蘭
Geology
Age of rockQuaternary
Mountain typestratovolcano
Volcanic arc/beltNortheastern Japan Arc
Last eruptionSeptember to November 2000

Hokkaidō Koma-ga-take (北海道駒ヶ岳, Hokkaidō Koma-ga-take), also Oshima Koma-ga-take (渡島駒ヶ岳), Oshima Fuji (渡島富士), or just Koma-ga-take (駒ヶ岳) is a 1,131 metres (3,711 ft) andesitic stratovolcano[1] on the border between Mori, Shikabe, and Nanae, all within the Oshima Subprefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan.

Occurrence of volcanic activity started some 30,000 years ago. Following roughly 5,000 years of dormancy, volcanic activity at Mount Koma-ga-take restarted in 1640,[2] triggering the Kan'ei Great Famine. Since then, there have been at least 50 recorded volcanic events at Mount Koma-ga-take.[3]

References

  1. "HOKKAIDO KOMA-GA-TAKE". Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  2. Takahashi, Ryo (March 2022). "Mineralogical and geochemical investigations for subvolcanic hydrothermal alteration environments at an active volcano: An example of Hokkaido-Komagatake volcano, Japan". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 423. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107497. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  3. 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.


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