Mount Moriyoshi

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Mount Moriyoshi
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Viewed from Tsuzureko
Highest point
Elevation 4,770 ft (1,450 m)
Listing Volcanoes in Japan
Coordinates 39°58′26″N140°32′49″E / 39.974°N 140.547°E / 39.974; 140.547
Geography
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Mount Moriyoshi
Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Last eruption Pleistocene

Mount Moriyoshi is an inactive volcano in Kitaakita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. The stratovolcano is basaltic-to-dacitic in composition. Its last eruptive activity is thought to be 1.1 million to 700 thousand years ago. [1] The volcano appeared in the List of 100 Floral Mountains . The volcano contains about 300 species of alpine flora which has made it a tourist attraction. [2]

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References

  1. "Moriyoshi". Global Volcanism Program . Smithsonian Institution.
  2. "Moriyoshiyama (mori yoshi zan)" 森吉山 (もりよしざん) [Moriyoshi Mountain]. Kitaakita City.