Mount Usu
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Mount Usu is an active stratovolcano in the Shikotsu-Tōya National Park, Hokkaido, Japan. It has erupted four times since 1900: in 1910, 1944–45, August 7, 1977, and on March 31, 2000. To the north li
Viewed from the SE.
Tōya caldera & Mount Usu (bottom)
Tōya caldera & Usu volcano
Mountaintop Crater
Shōwa-shinzan
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Shōwa-shinzan is a volcanic lava dome in the Shikotsu-Toya National Park, Hokkaido, Japan, next to Mount Usu. The mountain was created between 28 December 1943 and September 1945. Initially, a series
Mount Usu
…the Shikotsu-Tōya National Park, Hokkaido, Japan. It has erupted four times since 1900: in 1910 (which created Meiji-shinzan), 1944–45 (which created Shōwa-shinzan), August 7, 1977, and on March 31, 2000. To the north lies Lake Tōya. Mount Usu formed on the southern rim of the caldera containing the lake. Mount…
Shōwa-shinzan (September 2013)
Viewed from Mount Usu
Shōwa-shinzan during its formative year in October 1944