earth science

Mount Funagata

Mount Funagata is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mount Funagata rather than just read about it. In short: Mount Funagata (船形山, Funagata-yama) is a mountain within the Ōu Mountains on the border of Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. It is listed as one of the "200 famous mountains of Japan" and has a height of 1,500.34 metres (4,922.4 ft).

Key takeaways

Mount Funagata belongs to earth science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Mount Funagata to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Mount Funagata from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Mount Funagata (船形山, Funagata-yama) is a mountain within the Ōu Mountains on the border of Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. It is listed as one of the "200 famous mountains of Japan" and has a height of 1,500.34 metres (4,922.4 ft). The mountain is also known as Mount Goshō (御所山, Gosho-yama) when viewed from Yamagata prefecture.

Name Several mountains around Japan are called "Funagata" due to their resemblance to the hull of a boat when viewed from certain angles. The name of "Mount Goshō" comes from a local legend that exiled Emperor Juntoku escaped from his prison on Sado island and lived in obscurity at the base of this mountain. Yet another legend states that the name comes from the five peaks of the mountain. This has also led to the term Funagata Mountains (船形連峰, Funagata-renpō), which is used in the name of Funagata Renpō Prefectural Natural Park, although all five peaks are part of the same stratovolcano. The other peaks that compose the Funagata volcano include Mount Ushiroshirahige (後白髪山), Mount Mitsumine (三峰山), and Mount Izumigatake (泉ヶ岳). Izumigatake is the most famous of these mountains, with two ski resorts and several camping areas. Izumigatake is also the namesake of Izumi-ku, Sendai. Mount Kurohana (黒鼻山) was traditionally considered part of Mount Funagata; however, recent research has revealed that Mount Kurohana should be considered a separate volcano.

Geology Mount Funagata is an active stratovolcano formed from the end of the Tertiary period to the beginning of the Quaternary when the Ōu Mountains were raised from the sea. Mount Izumigatake is the oldest peak, created around 1.2 million years ago. The current main mountain body was completed by repeated volcanic activity from 600,000 to 850,000 years ago. Mount Funagata is made up of andesite, which is easily distinguished from the pigeonite basalt that erupted from Mout Kurohana. The crater that produced Mount Izumigatake is located on a ridge between Izumigatake and Kita-izumigatake (North Izumigatake).

References

Bibliography 吉田武義 (October 1996). "船形火山". In 地学団体研究会 (ed.). 新版地学事典 (新版版 ed.). 平凡社. p. 1141. ISBN 4-582-11506-3. 宮崎務 (July 1995). "日本の火山リスト". In 下鶴大輔; 荒巻重雄; 井田喜明 (eds.). 火山の事典. 朝倉書店. pp. 464–465. ISBN 4-254-16023-2. 地学団体研究会仙台支部, ed. (1993). せんだい地学ハイキング. 宝文堂. pp. 38–40. ISBN 4-8323-0057-1.

External links Media related to Mount Funagata at Wikimedia Commons T. Ohba. "Kurohanayama". Archived from the original on December 27, 2004. Retrieved March 4, 2006. "登山とスキー". Miyagi Prefectural Government. Archived from the original on February 12, 2005. Retrieved March 4, 2006. "Funagata". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-25.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mount Funagata

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mount Funagata claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In earth science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mount Funagata before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mount Funagata ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mount Funagata

In research: Mount Funagata appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mount Funagata in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mount Funagata is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Geography of Sendai, Kami, Miyagi, Mountains of Miyagi Prefecture, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mount Funagata outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Mount Funagata in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Mount Funagata means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Mount Funagata out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Mount Funagata in simple terms?

Why does Mount Funagata matter?

Because it connects several earth science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Mount Funagata?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Mount Funagata.