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Mount Echizen-dake
Mount Echizen-dake is a
Japanese
volcanic peak
in the
area
south-east
of
Mount Fuji
. Its
summit
, 1,504
meters
high, is located in the
Susono City, Shizuoka
. It is a
highest
peak
of the
Mount Ashitaka
lava dome
.
History
Mount
Echizen-dake erupted in the mid-Pleistocene
epoch
, about
100,000
years ago
. It is an
extinct volcano
.
Echizen-dake was depicted on the 50-yen
banknote
of the
1938
issue
.
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