Asahi-dake
Also known as Mount Asahi, Mount Asahidake
thumb|265px|Asahi-dake, the tallest mountain peak in Hokkaido, with Sugatami Pond in the foreground is a stratovolcano located near the town of Higashikawa, Hokkaido and the tallest mountain on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. It is part of the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group of the Ishikari Mountains, located in the northern part of the Daisetsuzan National Park.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Mount Asahi
- Mountain.other_name
- Kamui-mintara
- Mountain.photo
- 140724 Asahi-dake Hokkaido Japan02s3.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Asahi-dake, the tallest mountain peak in Hokkaido (July 2014)
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2290.9
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 2290.9
- Mountain.map
- Japan
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location of Mount Asahi in Japan.
- Mountain.label_position
- left
- Mountain.listing
- List of mountains and hills of Japan by heightList of ultra prominent peaksList of volcanoes in JapanRibu
- Mountain.language
- Japanese
- Mountain.location
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- History
- Geology
- Eruptive history
- See also
- References
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thumb|265px|Asahi-dake, the tallest mountain peak in Hokkaido, with Sugatami Pond in the foreground is a stratovolcano located near the town of Higashikawa, Hokkaido and the tallest mountain on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. It is part of the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group of the Ishikari Mountains, located in the northern part of the Daisetsuzan National Park.
Its native Ainu name is Kamui-mintara, which means "the playground of the gods".
On the map
2 mapped locations