Iwate (mountain)
| Iwate | ||
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 Mount Iwate and Morioka City |
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| height | 2038.2 m TP | |
| location | Iwate Prefecture , Japan | |
| Mountains | Ōu Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 39 ° 51 '9 " N , 141 ° 0' 4" E | |
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| Type | Complex volcano | |
| Last eruption | 1919 | |
The Iwate ( Japanese 岩手 山 , Iwate-san ) is a mountain in the Ōu Mountains within sight of the Japanese city of Morioka , the capital of the northern Japanese prefecture of Iwate .
The Iwate has a height of 2038.2 meters and is also called Iwate- Fuji ( 岩手 富士 ) or Nambu-Fuji ( 南部 富士 ) because of its shape . He's a volcano ; the last time there was a minor eruption in 1919, during which water vapor escaped. In the years 1998 to 2003 minor volcanic earthquakes were observed.
The Iwate by Tamayama seen from
Web links
Commons : Iwate - Collection of Images
- Iwate in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
- J. Itoh, Volcanic History And Eruption Scenario Of Iwate Volcano, NE Japan , American Geophysical Union, 2006. bibcode : 2006AGUFM.V53C1766I
- Geolog. Card, Iwate