Mount Rausu
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Mount Rausu's opening festival is held annually on July 3. This day officially opens the climbing season.[2]
In the past 2,200 years Mount Rausu is believed to have erupted thrice, with a Plinian Eruption roughly 1,400 years ago and a pyroclastic flow about 500 years ago.[3]
History
- June 1, 1964 - The region around Mount Rausu declared Shiretoko National Park[4]
- July 2005 - Shiretoko registered as a Natural World Heritage Site[5]
Gallery
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Viewed from the SSW.
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Rausu-Shiretoko Io Volcano Group. Rausu (lower left)
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The mountains of the 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
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External links
- Rausudake - Japan Meteorological Agency Template:In lang
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- Rausu-Shiretoko Io Volcano Group - Geological Survey of Japan
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