# Zaō Mountains

- **Country:** Japan
- **Coordinates:** 38.144000, 140.440000
- **Type:** Complex volcano
- **Country:** Japan
- **Listing:** {{ubl|Mountains of Japan
- **Other Name:** 蔵王連峰
- **Elevation M:** 1841
- **Subdivision1:** Honshu
- **Volcanic Arc:** Northeastern Japan Arc
- **Fetchwikidata:** ALL
- **Last Eruption:** May 1940
- **Subdivision1 Type:** Island
- **Subdivision2 Type:** Prefectures

The , commonly called Mount Zaō, are a complex cluster of stratovolcanoes on the border between Yamagata Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. The central volcano (one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains) includes several lava domes and a tuff cone, Goshiki-dake, which contains a crater lake named "Okama". Also known as the "Five Color Pond" (五色沼, goshiki numa) because it changes color depending on the weather, it lies in a crater formed by a volcanic eruption in the 1720s. The lake is in diameter and deep, and is one of the main tourist attractions in the area.

![Photo of Zaō Mountains](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Mount_Za%C5%8D_and_Sakura_01.jpg)

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