# Mount Azuma

- **Country:** Japan
- **Coordinates:** 37.722222, 140.263611
- **Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Range:** Azuma Mountain Range
- **Listing:** Volcanoes of Japan
- **Location:** Fukushima, Tōhoku region, Japan
- **Elevation M:** 1705
- **Volcanic Arc:** Northeastern Japan Arc
- **Fetchwikidata:** ALL
- **Last Eruption:** December 1977

It has a conical-shaped crater and as the name "Kofuji" (small Mount Fuji) suggests, Mount Azuma is similar in shape to Mount Fuji. Mount Azuma's appealing symmetrical crater and the nearby fumarolic area with its many onsen have made it a popular tourist destination.

![Photo of Mount Azuma](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Mount_Azuma-kofuji-1%2C_May_2007.JPG)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Azuma (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)