Mount Rausu

Mount Rausu (羅臼岳, Rausu-dake) is a stratovolcano on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaidō, Japan. It sits on the border between the towns of Shari and Rausu. Mount Rausu is the northeasternmost Holocene volcano on Hokkaidō.[2] It is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan.

Mount Rausu
羅臼岳
View from Sea of Okhotsk (August 2014)
Highest point
Elevation	1,660.4 m (5,448 ft) [1]
Listing	List of mountains in Japan List of volcanoes in Japan 100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Coordinates	44°4′33″N 145°7′21″E [1]
Geography
Mount Rausu Location of Mount Rausu in Japan.
Location	Hokkaidō, Japan
Parent range	Shiretoko Peninsula
Topo map	Geospatial Information Authority 25000:1 羅臼 25000:1 知床峠 50000:1 羅臼
Geology
Age of rock	Holocene[2]
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt	Kuril arc[3]
Last eruption	1800 ± 50 years[2]
Climbing
Easiest route	Scramble[3]

Mount Rausu's opening festival is held annually on July 3. This day officially opens the climbing season.[3]

In the past 2200 years it is believed that Mount Rausu erupted thrice, with a Plinian Eruption roughly 1400 years ago and a pyroclastic flow about 500 years ago.[4]

History

• June 1, 1964 - The region around Mount Rausu declared Shiretoko National Park[5]
• July 2005 - Shiretoko registered as a Natural World Heritage Site[6]

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  Rausu-Shiretoko Io Volcano Group. Rausu (lower left)
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  Viewed from the SSW.
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  The mountains of Shiretoko Peninsula from Mount Rausu (July 2007). In the foreground is Mitsumine, in the middle field is Mount Sashirui, and in the background is Mount Iō

See also

• World Heritage Site
• Shiretoko National Park
• List of mountains in Japan
• 100 Famous Japanese Mountains

References

1. Geospatial Information Authority map 25000:1 羅臼, last access May 23, 2008
2. "Rausu". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
3. Hunt, Paul (1988). Hiking in Japan: An Adventurer's Guide to the Mountain Trails (First ed.). Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd. pp. 11, 201. ISBN 0-87011-893-5.
4. 神沼克伊,小山悦郎 日本の火山を科学する　日本列島津々浦々、あなたの身近にある108の活火山とは？ ソフトバンククリエイティブ 2011. ISBN 978-4797361308.
5. "Shiretoko National Park". Ministry of the Environment (Japan). Archived from the original on 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
6. "Cruising Tour of Shiretoko, Newly Registered Natural World Heritage". Hiragana Times. YAC Planning Inc. November 2005. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

External links

• Rausudake - Japan Meteorological Agency (in Japanese)
• "Rausudake: National catalogue of the active volcanoes in Japan" (PDF). - Japan Meteorological Agency
• Rausu-Shiretoko Io Volcano Group - Geological Survey of Japan
• Rausudake: Global Volcanism Program - Smithsonian Institution