Hiuchigatake

Mount Hiuchi
Hiuchigatake
Highest point
Elevation2,356 m (7,730 ft)
Coordinates36°57′7″N 139°17′19″E / 36.95194°N 139.28861°E / 36.95194; 139.28861
Naming
Native name燧ヶ岳 (Japanese)
Geography
Mount Hiuchi
Honshu, Japan
Mount Hiuchi
Mount Hiuchi (Fukushima Prefecture)
Geology
Rock ageQuaternary
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruptionJuly 1544

Mount Hiuchi, also Hiuchigatake (Japanese: 燧ヶ岳) is a 2,356 m tall stratovolcano in Oze National Park, and located in Hinoemata Village, Minami-Aizu gun, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. This is the highest mountain in Tōhoku region. The volcano rises in the north of Lake Ozenuma. It is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.