Funagata volcano (船形火山) is a stratovolcano that consists of several different mountains. The volcano is located on the border of Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture in Japan. The precise location of the volcano is 38°27′N 140°37′E, the summit of Mount Funagata (船形山). The mountain is 1,500 m high and is the highest point in the Funagata volcano and Sendai. The mountain is called Mount Gosho (御所山) in Yamagata. Other mountains 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 the Funagata volcano. However, recent research has revealed that Mount Kurohana should be considered a separate volcano. A stratovolcano, is a tall, conical mountain (volcano) composed of both hardened lava and volcanic ash. ... Miyagi Prefecture (宮城県; Miyagi-ken) is located in Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Yamagata Prefecture (山形県; Yamagata-ken) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Location Country Japan Region Tōhoku Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture District N/A Sendai Citys location in Miyagi Prefecture Physical characteristics Area 788. ... A ski resort is a ski area with a village and/or high-end accommodations and other amenities at the base of the mountain. ... Izumi-ku is the northernmost ward of Sendai. ...

The Funagata volcano was formed around 1.2 to 0.56 million years ago. Mount Izumigatake is the oldest, created around 1.2 million years ago. Mount Funagata was subsequently formed around 80 to 60 Ma ago. The Funagata volcano 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). A sample of andesite (dark groundmass) with amygdaloidal vesicules filled with zeolite. ... Figure 1:Mantle-peridotite xenolith with green peridot olivine and black pyroxene crystals from San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co. ... Basalt Basalt is a common gray to black volcanic rock. ... Perhaps the most conspicuous part of a volcano is the crater, a basin of a roughly circular form within which occurs a vent (or vents) from which magma erupts as gases, lava, and ejecta. ...

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