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Mount Ashitaka

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Mount Ashitaka (Ashitakayama) is an eroded extinct stratovolcano in the area south-east of Mount Fuji, Japan. Its highest peak, 1,504 metres (4, 934 ft) high, is Mount Echizen-dake, but the complex is named after its secondary peak, Ashitaka-yama, 1,188 m (3, 898 ft) high.

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