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Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group

Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group 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 Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group rather than just read about it. In short: Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group (南八ヶ岳, Minami-Yatsugatake), also known as just Yatsugatake, is a volcanic group of inactive volcanoes located on the border of Nagano Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture on Honshū in Japan. Description The Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group is part of the Yatsugatake Mountains.

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Reference excerpt

Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group (南八ヶ岳, Minami-Yatsugatake), also known as just Yatsugatake, is a volcanic group of inactive volcanoes located on the border of Nagano Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture on Honshū in Japan.

Description The Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group is part of the Yatsugatake Mountains. The southern group is defined as the mountains south of the Natsuzawa Pass. The highest peak of the mountains is Mount Aka and the elevation is 2,899 metres. The southern Yatugatake mountains are steep and have alpine characteristics. The mountains of the Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group are gentler and lower. Mount Tateshina is also part of the Northern Yatsugatake mountains, but is listed separately. This volcanic group is listed among the 100 famous mountains in Japan. There the mountains are listed as Yatsugatake. These mountains are part of the Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park.

Geology The volcanoes are stratovolcanoes that are 1 million to 200,000 years old. The rock is mainly basalt and andesite.

Climate

List of peaks The following major peaks make up part of the Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group and are listed by height:

From the south, to Natuzawa Pass, beyond which the Northern Yatsugatake Mountains begin, the peaks are:

Mt. Amigasayama (2,524 m) Mt. Nishidake (2,398 m) Mt. Mitsugashira (2,580 m) Mt. Gongendake (2,715 m) Mt. Aka (2,899 m) Mt. Nakadake (2,700 m) Mt. Amidadake (2,805 m) Mt. Yoko (2,829 m) Mt. Iōdake (2,760 m) Mt. Akaiwanoatama (2,656 m) Mt. Minenomatsume (2,567 m) Natsuzawa Pass (2,423 m) From Natsuzawa Pass, it is possible to descend to Sakuradaira, via O-ren Hut and Natsuzawa Kosen, or directly to Honzawa Onsen, or continue through the Northern Yatsugatake Mountains.

Gallery

See also List of mountains in Japan List of volcanoes in Japan

References

External links Welcome to Yatsugatake Official Home Page of the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan

See also Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park Yatsugatake Mountains - Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group List of mountains in Japan

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group 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 Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group 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 Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group 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 Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group

In research: Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group 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 Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group 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: Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Complex volcanoes, Volcanic groups, Volcanoes of Honshū, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group 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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Frequently asked questions

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