Mt. Fuji

Morning Class: Aileen Xu, Moy Zhong, Sonya Hu

Geographic Location35o21’28.8”N, 138o 43’51.6”E

Nearest City Tokyo

Distance:Approximately 80 kilometers from the center of Tokyo to the top of Mt. Fuji

Population: 127, 467, 972 people

EruptionsMost Recent: December 16, 1707

Most Destructive: 1705 Killed 8,000 people

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Other EventsI. Mud SlidesII. Ash CloudsIII. Localized Earthquakes

Tectonic Process and Formation Hot Spot Mt. Fuji was created

when one of the Earth’s tectonic plates descended on the Philippine Sea plate, which is above a subduction zone. This caused a series of eruptions beneath the Earth which eventually hardened and built up a mountainous volcano.

http://www.japanfocus.org/-H__Byron-Earhart/3528

Photos

http://www.mt-fuji.co.jp/Photo/10.html

http://www.mt-fuji.co.jp/Photo/08.html

http://www.mt-fuji.co.jp/rough/rough_04.html

Interesting FactsI. Mt. Fuji is a Composite Volcano which is also

called a StratovolcanoII. Mt. Fuji is nearly perfectly symmetrical.III. Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in the

country of Japan, with an elevation of 3, 776 meters.

IV. Mt. Fuji is located on the island HonshuV. Mt. Fuji was sacred to the ancient Japanese.VI. Scientists fear that Mt. Fuji may awake again

after it’s last eruption 305 years ago.

Links http://www.pref.shizuoka.gp/a_foreign/english

/fuji/whatfuji.html

http://www.mt-fuji.co.jp/Photo/Photo.html http://kathika.com/travel-hot-spots-active-vol

canoes-world/ http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2

012/02/19/japans-mt-fuji-volcano-awakens-after-300-years-increased-risk-of-an-eruption-warns-scientist/

http://news/nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/060717-mount-fuji.html

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/02018/ffeature3/

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