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Mount Raiden Volcanic Group is a volcanic group of active stratovolcanoes and lava domes situated in Hokkaidō, Japan. The volcanoes were active 1.4 million to 800,000 years ago.[1]

Mount Raiden Volcanic Group
Highest point
Peak	Mount Mekunnai
Elevation	1,220 m (4,000 ft)
Coordinates	42°53′59″N 140°30′55″E
Naming
Native name	雷電山火山群  (Japanese) Raiden-yama-kazangun  (Japanese)
Geography
Country	Japan
State	Hokkaidō
Region	Shiribeshi Subprefecture
Districts	Isoya District and Iwanai District
Municipalities	Iwanai, Kyōwa and Rankoshi
Borders on	Niseko Volcanic Group
Biome	alpine climate
Geology
Orogeny	island arc
Age of rock	Quaternary
Type of rock	volcanic

List of peaks

Name	Height	Type
Mount Mekunnai (目国内岳, Mekunnai-dake)	1,220 metres (4,000 ft)	pyroclastic cone
Mount Raiden (雷電山, Raiden-yama)	1,211.3 metres (3,970 ft)	pyroclastic cone
Mount Iwanai	-	-
Mount Shakunage	-	-

References

• "Niseko". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.

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