Mount Usu
Mount Usu is an active stratovolcano in the Shikotsu-Tōya National Park, Hokkaido, Japan. It has erupted four times since 1900: in 1910, 1944–45, August 7, 1977, and on March 31, 2000.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood with 781 residents
- Description: mountain in Hokkaido, Japan
- Also known as: “Usu-cho”, “Usucho”, and “Usuchō”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Usu Station and Zenkō-ji.
Usu Station
Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Usu Station is a train station in Date, Hokkaidō, Japan.
Zenkō-ji
Buddhist temple
Photo: 高野博文, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zenkō-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Usu neighborhood of the city of Date, Hokkaido, Japan. It belongs to the Jōdō-shū sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a statue of Amida Nyorai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Toyako and Sobetsu.
Toyako
Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tōyako is a town in Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It was formed on March 23, 2006, through the merger of the town of Abuta and the village of Tōya.
Sobetsu
Town
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Sōbetsu is a town located in Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of October 2020, the town has an estimated population of 2,743, and a density of 13 persons per km2. Sobetsu is situated 9 km northeast of Mount Usu.
Toyoura
Town
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Toyoura is a town located in Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 4,205, and a density of 18 persons per km2. The total area is 233.54 km2. Toyoura is situated 10 km northwest of Mount Usu.
Mount Usu
Latitude
42.5196° or 42° 31′ 11″ northLongitude
140.78913° or 140° 47′ 21″ eastPopulation
781Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
8RJ2GQ9Q+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 8494008122OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
2127563Wikidata ID
Q589825
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Mount Usu” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ուսու (հրաբուխ)”
- Armenian: “Ուսու”
- Belarusian: “Усу (вулкан)”
- Belarusian: “Усу”
- Burmese: “အုဆုတောင်”
- Catalan: “Usu”
- Chinese: “有珠山”
- Czech: “Usu”
- Dutch: “Mount Usu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت وسو”
- Esperanto: “Usuzan”
- French: “mont Usu”
- French: “Mont Usu”
- German: “Usu”
- Italian: “Monte Usu”
- Japanese: “Usu-chō”
- Japanese: “うすざん”
- Japanese: “うすちょう”
- Japanese: “有珠山”
- Japanese: “有珠町”
- Kazakh: “Усу”
- Korean: “우스산”
- Kurdish: “Ûsû”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Usu”
- Polish: “Usu-zan”
- Portuguese: “Monte Usu”
- Russian: “Усу”
- Slovak: “Usu”
- Spanish: “Monte Usu”
- Turkish: “Usu Dağı”
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