Mount Meakan

Mount Meakan
Highest point
Elevation	1,499 m (4,918 ft)
Prominence	1,175 m (3,855 ft)
Listing	List of mountains and hills of Japan by height List of volcanoes in Japan 100 Famous Japanese Mountains Ribu
Coordinates	43°23′11″N 144°00′32″E
Naming
Native name	雌阿寒岳 (Japanese) Meakan-dake (Japanese)
Geography
Mount Meakan Location within Hokkaido
Location	Hokkaidō, Japan
Parent range	Akan Volcanic Complex
Topo map(s)	Geographical 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
Rock age	Late Pleistocene-Holocene
Mountain type	stratovolcano
Volcanic arc	Kurile arc
Last eruption	November 2008

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. 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.

Geography

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

Gallery

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  Akan Caldera
  Me-Akan (bottom left)
  O-Akan (center right)
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  Seen from the NE
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  March 2006 eruption

See also

• List of volcanoes in Japan

External links

• Meakandake - Japan Meteorological Agency (in Japanese)
• "Meakandake: National catalogue of the active volcanoes in Japan" (PDF). - Japan Meteorological Agency
• Meakan Dake - Geological Survey of Japan
• "Akan". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-25.