Mt+Fuijiama+(Mt+Fuji)

[[image:Mt_Fuji.jpg align="left" caption="Mt Fuji, Japan"]]Mt Fuijiama (Mt Fuji)
Mt Fuijiama (Mt Fuji) is the highest mountain in Japan. It is 3776 metres high and is 50km in diameter at its base. It actually consists of three volcanoes, called Komitake, Ko-Fuji (Older Fuji Volcano) and the present Fuji (younger Fuji volcano). The crater at the summit is 500 metres across and 250 metres deep. In 1707 (December 16th) the volcano erupted shortly after an earthquake of 8.4 magnitude and pumice began falling like rain. Six hours later the pumice changed to scoria. (Ask Miss Hill to show you her rock collection so that you can see what these rocks look like). On the first 72 houses and three Buddhist temples were destroyed in the town of Subassiri more than 10km from the volcano. The eruption ended on New Year's Day 1708. Scientists predict that the volcano may suddenly erupt again, just like in 1707. Mt Fuji is about 100km from Tokyo. Every year more than 200,000 people from all over the world climb the volcano. They go to see where the massive 1707 eruption took place. Artists also visit it to paint it because its symmetry is very beautiful. It takes about eight hours to climb it. VolcanoAlive.com
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