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Mount Nekomadake

Coordinates: 37°36′41.9″N 140°01′42.1″E / 37.611639°N 140.028361°E / 37.611639; 140.028361
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Mount Nekomadake
SE side in winter
Highest point
Elevation1,403.6 m (4,605 ft)
Coordinates37°36′41.9″N 140°01′42.1″E / 37.611639°N 140.028361°E / 37.611639; 140.028361
Naming
Native name猫魔ヶ岳 (Japanese)
Geography
Mount Nekomadake is located in Japan
Mount Nekomadake
Mount Nekomadake
Mount Nekomadake is located in Fukushima Prefecture
Mount Nekomadake
Mount Nekomadake
Mount Nekomadake (Fukushima Prefecture)
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano-Caldera
Climbing
Easiest routeHappōdai Tozanguchi
(八方台登山口)

Mount Nekomadake (猫魔ヶ岳, Nekoma-dake, Nekoma-gadake) is a stratovolcano located west of Mount Bandai, close to Bandai town and Kitashiobara village in the Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is 1,403.6 metres high, and close to Lake Inawashiro and Oguni-numa Pond. Nekoma volcano is thought to be 0.8 - 1 million years old.[1][2]

Nekoma volcano (center)
Bandai volcano (right)
Nekoma volcano from the SW.

References

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  1. ^ "Global Volcanism Program | Nekoma". Smithsonian Institution | Global Volcanism Program.
  2. ^ "Nekomagatake". gbank.gsj.jp.

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