Mount Ontake (Ontake-san) (Gero City)

Japan / Gifu / Takayama / Gero City
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Mount Ontake is an active volcano which erupted, for the first time in recorded history, in 1979. Dominating the Kiso Valley. Also called Mitake and Otake, Mount Ontake is sometimes called Kiso Ontake in order to distinguish it from a number of other mountains with similar names, rising to an elevation of 10049 feet (3063 m).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Ontake
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Coordinates:   35°54'3"N   137°28'17"E
This article was last modified 15 years ago