DEFINITION OF MOUNT FUJI

Fuji-san, also known as Mount Fuji (and as

Fujiyama in some literature) is a large stratovolcano located in

central Honshu, Japan, about 60 miles (100 km) west of

Tokyo. Fuji rises 12,385 feet (3,776 m) above its base and has

a basal diameter of nearly 20 miles (30 km) and is the highest

mountain in Japan. The volume of volcanic material added to

Japan from Mount Fuji is approximately 540 cubic miles (870

km3), with the last major eruption in 1707, which covered the

present site of Tokyo with several inches of volcanic debris. In

the past 800 years the volcano has experienced at least 16

major eruptions, averaging one every 50 years. Thus, with the

last major eruption in 1707, it appears that activity on the

mountain is at least temporarily slowing down. The mountain

has a basaltic to andesitic composition. The Japanese revere

Mount Fuji as the most beautiful mountain in the world, and

its image appears on many works of art and currency and is a

major object in Japanese culture and tradition. More than

200,000 people climb Mount Fuji each year.

See also CONVERGENT PLATE MARGIN PROCESSES; JAPAN’S

PAIRED METAMORPHIC BELT.

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