Description
A number of peaks are arranged around the rim of Lake Akan (aka Akan-ko), which fills a 24x 13 km caldera, the tallest being Me-Akan (Meakan), O-Akan (Oakan) and Akan-Fuji.
Oakan is prominently located at the Northeast side of the caldera, while Meakan occupies the opposite, Southwest side, in a cluster of nine stratovolcanoes that include Akan-Fuji, one of many symmetrical Japanese volcanoes named after the renowned Mount Fuji, and Fuppushi volcano (aka Fuppushi-dake, not to be confused with Mount Fuppushi, which is located in Southwestern Hokkaido).
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