Mount Biei

{{Short description|Volcano on the island of Hokkaido, Japan}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Biei

| other_name = 美瑛岳

| photo = Mount Biei from Mount Tokachi 1998-08-09.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Biei from Mount Tokachi

| elevation_m = 2052.3

| elevation_ref =

| prominence =

| listing = List of mountains and hills of Japan by height

| location = Hokkaidō, Japan

| range = Tokachi Volcanic Group

| coordinates = {{coord|43|26|24|N|142|42|23|E|region:JP_type:mountain|display=inline,title}}

| map = Japan#Japan Hokkaido

| topo = Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 白金温泉(旭川)

| type = volcanic

| age = Middle Pleistocene

| volcanic_arc = Kuril arc

| last_eruption =

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

}}

{{nihongo|Mount Biei|美瑛岳|Biei-dake}} is a stratovolcano located in the Tokachi Volcanic Group,{{cite gvp |vn=285050 |vtab=Subfeatures |name=Tokachidake |accessdate=18 December 2009 |pages=Synonyms and Subfeatures}}{{cite web|url=http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/strata/VOL_JP/EN/vol/210.htm|title=TOKACHI-DAKE|work=Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan|publisher=National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)|accessdate=18 December 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121219091726/http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/strata/VOL_JP/EN/vol/210.htm|archive-date=19 December 2012|url-status=dead}} Hokkaidō, Japan.{{cite book|last=Hunt|first=Paul|title=Hiking in Japan: An Adventurer's Guide to the Mountain Trails|publisher=Kodansha International Ltd.|location=Tokyo|year=1988|isbn=0-87011-893-5}} The mountain sits between the larger Mount Tokachi to the southwest and shorter Biei Fuji to the northeast. It forms part of the border between Shintoku and Biei towns.

Geology

The mountain consists of mostly non-alkaline mafic rock from the middle Pleistocene.{{cite web|url=http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/db084/kihon/hokkaido_e.xml|title=Hokkaido|year=2009|work=Seamless Digital Geographical Map of Japan|publisher=Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology|accessdate=18 December 2009}}

History

On July 16, 2009, a 64-year-old man died of exposure on Mount Biei, while five other members of his party had to be rescued. At the same time on nearby Mount Tomuraushi, eight members of an adventure tour group were also killed by exposure and a lone hiker was found dead one day later.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090718a4.html|title=10 climbers perish in Hokkaido|date=2009-07-18|work=The Japan Times Online|publisher=The Japan Times|accessdate=17 December 2009}}

See also

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