Mount Meakan

Mount Meakan (雌阿寒岳, Meakan-dake) is an active stratovolcano located in Akan National Park in Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the tallest mountain in the Akan Volcanic Complex.[1] The volcano consists of nine overlapping cones that grew out of the Akan caldera, on the shores of Lake Akan. Mount Meakan has a triple crater at its summit. According to its name and local legend, Mount Meakan is the female counterpart to Mount Oakan on the other side of Lake Akan.[1]

  • Akan Caldera
    Me-Akan (bottom left)
    O-Akan (center right)
  • Seen from the NE
  • March 2006 eruption
Mount Meakan
Highest point
Elevation1,499 m (4,918 ft)
ListingList of mountains and hills of Japan by height
List of volcanoes in Japan
100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Coordinates43°23′11″N 144°00′32″E 
Naming
Native name雌阿寒岳 Meakan-dake
Geography
Mount Meakan
Location of Mount Meakan in Japan.
LocationHokkaidō, Japan
Parent rangeAkan Volcanic Complex
Topo mapGeographical Survey Institute 25000:1 雌阿寒岳
25000:1 オンネト
50000:1 阿寒湖
50000:1 上足寄
Geology
Age of rockLate Pleistocene-Holocene
Mountain typestratovolcano
Volcanic arc/beltKurile arc
Last eruptionNovember 2008

Geography

There are two ponds in the crater, 赤沼 (Sekinuma, Red Pond) and 青沼 (Aonuma, Blue Pond).

Notes
  1. Hunt, Paul (1988). "32: Climbing an Active Volcano: Meakan-dake (雌阿寒岳)". Hiking in Japan: An Adventurer's Guide to the Mountain Trails (First ed.). Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International. pp. 195–200. ISBN 0-87011-893-5.


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