Mount Ontake
| Mount Ontake | |
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| 御嶽山 | |
Viewed from the SEE.
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,067 m (10,062 ft) |
| Prominence | 1,712 m (5,617 ft) |
| Listing |
Ultra 100 famous mountains in Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°53′34″N 137°28′49″E / 35.89278°N 137.48028°ECoordinates: 35°53′34″N 137°28′49″E / 35.89278°N 137.48028°E |
| Geography | |
 Mount Ontake
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| Location | Gifu and Nagano, Chūbu region, Japan |
| Topo map | Geographical Survey Institute, 25000:1 御嶽山, 50000:1 御嶽山 |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | September 2014 |
Mount Ontake (御嶽山 Ontake-san?), also referred to as Mount Kiso Ontake (木曽御嶽山 Kiso Ontake-san?), is the second highest volcano in Japan (after Mount Fuji) at 3,067 m (10,062 ft).
Mt. Ontake is located around 100 km (62 mi) northeast of Nagoya, and around 200 km (125 mi) west of Tokyo, at the borders of Kiso and Ōtaki, Nagano Prefecture, and Gero, Gifu Prefecture.
The volcano has five crater lakes, with Ni no Ike (二ノ池?) at 2,905 m (9,531 ft) being the highest mountain lake in Japan.
Ontake is a major sacred mountain, and following older shamanistic practices, actors and artists have gone to the mountain to put themselves into trances in order to get divine inspiration for their creative activities.
Ontake was thought to be inactive until October 1979, when it underwent a series of explosive phreatic eruptions (VEI 2), ejecting 200,000 tons of ash in total.
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