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Mount Moriyoshi

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Mount Moriyoshi

Mount Moriyoshi is an inactive volcano in Kitaakita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. The stratovolcano is basaltic-to-dacitic in composition. Its last eruptive activity is thought to be 1.1 million to 700 thousand years ago. The volcano appeared in the List of 100 Floral Mountains. The volcano contains abo

ut 300 species of alpine flora which has made it a tourist attraction.

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