Mount Usu
Mount Usu and Shōwa-shinzan are major tourist attractions in the Shikotsu-Tōya National Park. A rope-way on Mount Usu takes visitors to viewing platforms overlooking Shōwa-shinzan. The 1977 eruption is mentioned in passing in Alan Booth's travelogue, The Roads to Sata. The 2008 G8 Summit was held near Mount Usu at Lake Tōya.
Details
- Topo
- Geographical Survey Institute 25,000:1 壮瞥, 50,000:1 虻田
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Range
- Nasu Volcanic Zone
- Listing
- Mountains of Japan
- Location
- Hokkaidō, Japan
- Other Name
- 有珠山 Usu-zan
- Elevation M
- 733
- Volcanic Arc
- Northeast Japan Arc
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- Last Eruption
- March 2000 to September 2001