Mount Unabetsu

{{Short description|Quaternary stratovolcano on the island of Hokkaido}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Unabetsu

| other_name = 海別岳

| photo = Mt Unabetsu.JPG

| photo_caption = Mount Unabetsu.

| elevation_m = 1419.3

| elevation_ref =

| prominence = 910

| prominence_ref =

| parent_peak =Mount Rausu

| map = Japan

| map_caption = Location of Mount Unabetsu in Japan.

| label_position = left

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

| pronunciation = {{IPA|ja|unabetsudake|lang}}

| location = Hokkaido, Japan

| range = Shiretoko Peninsula

| coordinates = {{coord|43|52|25|N|144|51|56|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| topo = Geospatial Information Authority 25000:1 海別岳
25000:1 朱円
50000:1 斜里

| type = Stratovolcano

| age = Quaternary

| volcanic_arc = Kurile arc

| last_eruption = ca. 0.5 million years ago

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

}}

{{nihongo|Mount Unabetsu|海別岳|Unabetsu-dake}} is a Quaternary stratovolcano.{{cite web|url=http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/strata/VOL_JP/EN/vol/223.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121219105743/http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/strata/VOL_JP/EN/vol/223.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 19, 2012|title=UNABETSU-DAKE|year=2006|work=Quaternary Volcanoes in Japan|publisher=Geological Survey of Japan, AIST.|accessdate=14 January 2010}} Its summit is {{convert|1419.3|m|ft|0|}}.{{cite web|url=http://watchizu.gsi.go.jp/watchizu.aspx?b=435236&l=1445236|script-title=ja:地図閲覧サービス 2万5千分1地形図名: 海別岳(斜里)|work=25000:1 Topographical maps|publisher=Geographical Survey Institute|language=Japanese|accessdate=14 January 2010}} It is located on Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula on the border of Shari in Shari District, Abashiri and Shibetsu in Shibetsu District, Nemuro.

Geology

The mountain is made mainly of andesite and basalt.

See also

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