Mount Tsurumi

Volcano on the island of Kyushu, Japan

Mount Tsurumi is located in Japan

Mount Tsurumi

Beppu, Ōita, Japan

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Mount Tsurumi is located in Kyushu

Mount Tsurumi

Mount Tsurumi (Kyushu)

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Topo mapGeographical Survey Institute 25000:1 別府東GeologyMountain typeLava domeLast eruptionMarch to May 867 CE

Tsurumi volcano (center)
Yufu volcano (left)

Mount Tsurumi (鶴見岳, Tsurumi-dake) is a 1,374.5 m (4,510 ft) volcano in Beppu, Ōita, Japan.

Outline

Mount Tsurumi is a lava dome. It has several peaks, including Mount Kuranoto, Mount Uchi, and Mount Garan. This mountain is one of the Japan 300 mountains, and a part of Aso Kujū National Park.

Route

The easiest way to reach to the top of Mount Tsurumi is to use Kintetsu Beppu Ropeway. When walking up to the top, it takes about two hours from Toriimae Bus Stop and two and half hours from Higashi Tozanguchi Bus Stop.

Access

Tsurumi Sanjo Station
Toriimae Bus Stop
Higashi Tozanguchi Bus Stop

Gallery

ESE side
West side

See also

List of volcanoes in Japan

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mount Tsurumi.

Tsurumidake and Garandake: National catalogue of the active volcanoes in Japan - Japan Meteorological Agency
Tsurumi Dake - Geological Survey of Japan
"Yufu-Tsurumi". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-24.

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