# Mount Yake

- **Country:** Japan
- **Coordinates:** 36.227000, 137.587000
- **Age:** 20,000 years Late Pleistocene
- **Part:** Chūbu-Sangaku National Park
- **Type:** Active stratovolcano
- **Range:** Hida Mountains
- **Country:** Japan
- **Geology:** Andesite, Dacite
- **Listing:** {{unbulleted list|Mountains in Japan
- **Language:** Japanese
- **Map Size:** 280
- **Part Type:** Protected area
- **Other Name:** 焼岳
- **Elevation M:** 2455
- **Region Type:** Prefectures
- **Translation:** Burnt mountain
- **Easiest Route:** Hike
- **Last Eruption:** February 11, 1995
- **Settlement Type:** Cities

High viscosity lava flowing from the upper regions of Mount Yake has led to the build up of a lava dome.

![Photo of Mount Yake](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Yakedake01s2010.jpg)

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