Mount Yoko (Northern Yatsugatake)

Mount Yoko
Mount Yoko
横岳
Highest point
Elevation	2,480 m (8,140 ft)
Prominence	400 m (1,300 ft)
Parent peak	Mount Tateshina
Listing	List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Coordinates	36°5′15″N 138°19′12″E / 36.08750°N 138.32000°ECoordinates: 36°5′15″N 138°19′12″E / 36.08750°N 138.32000°E
Geography
Location	Honshū, Japan
Parent range	Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group
Topo map	Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 蓼科山,; 25000:1 蓼科,; 50000:1 蓼科山
Geology
Age of rock	Quaternary
Mountain type	Volcanic
Volcanic arc/belt	Northeastern Japan Arc
Last eruption	1200 ±100 years

Mount Yoko (横岳, Yoko-dake) also Mount Kita Yoko, is an active lava dome located in the Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group of the Yatsugatake Mountains, Honshū, Japan. Mount Yoko has shown the most recent activity and is now considered an active volcano. It last erupted about 800 years ago.^[1] The eruption consisted of ash with a lava flow of some 3 million cubic meters. The eruption was dated by corrected radiocarbon dating. The next previous eruption was in or after 400 BCE.^[2]

References[]

^ "KITA YATSU-GA-TAKE (TATESHINA-YAMA, YOKO-DAKE etc.)". Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
^ "Yokodake". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-24.

Geographical Survey Institute

[QVoJ-1] "KITA YATSU-GA-TAKE (TATESHINA-YAMA, YOKO-DAKE etc.)". Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2008-08-23.

[Smithsonian-2] "Yokodake". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-24.

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