Mount Maru (Kamishihoro-Shintoku)

Mount Maru
丸山
Mount Maru
Mount Maru
Mount Maru (Hokkaido)
Highest point
Elevation1,692.1 m (5,552 ft)
Prominence421 m (1,381 ft)
Parent peakMount Nipesotsu
ListingList of mountains and hills of Japan by height
List of volcanoes by elevation
Coordinates43°25′3″N 143°1′51″E / 43.41750°N 143.03083°E / 43.41750; 143.03083
Naming
English translationround mountain
Language of nameJapanese
Geography
LocationHokkaido, Japan
Parent rangeNipesotsu-Maruyama Volcanic Group
Topo map(s)Geospatial Information Authority 25000:1 ニペソツ山
25000:1 ウペペサンケ山
50000:1 糠平
Geology
Rock ageQuaternary
Mountain typelava dome
Volcanic arcKurile arc
Last eruption1898

Mount Maru (丸山, Maru-yama) is a lava dome located in the Nipesotsu-Maruyama Volcanic Group of the Ishikari Mountains, Hokkaidō, Japan. Mount Maru is also known as Higashi-Tokachi-Maruyama (東十勝丸山) or Higashi-Taisetsu-Maruyama (東大雪丸山) to distinguish it from other mountains with the same name. Only in 1989 did scientists discover that Mount Maru is a quaternary volcano. The mountain sits on the border between the towns of Kamishihoro and Shintoku.