Mount Rausu (羅臼岳, Rausu-dake) is a stratovolcano on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaidō, Japan. It sits on the border between the towns of Shari and Rausu. Mount Rausu is the northeasternmost Holocene volcano on Hokkaidō.^[2] It is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan.

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Mount Rausu
羅臼岳
View from Sea of Okhotsk (August 2014)
Highest point
Elevation	1,660.4 m (5,448 ft)[1]
Listing	List of mountains in Japan List of volcanoes in Japan 100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Coordinates	44°4′33″N 145°7′21″E[1]
Geography
Mount Rausu Location of Mount Rausu in Japan.
Location	Hokkaidō, Japan
Parent range	Shiretoko Peninsula
Topo map	Geospatial Information Authority 25000:1 羅臼 25000:1 知床峠 50000:1 羅臼
Geology
Age of rock	Holocene[2]
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt	Kuril arc[3]
Last eruption	1800 ± 50 years[2]
Climbing
Easiest route	Scramble[3]

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Mount Rausu's opening festival is held annually on July 3. This day officially opens the climbing season.^[3]

In the past 2,200 years Mount Rausu is believed to have erupted thrice, with a Plinian Eruption roughly 1,400 years ago and a pyroclastic flow about 500 years ago.^[4]

• June 1, 1964 - The region around Mount Rausu declared Shiretoko National Park^[5]
• July 2005 - Shiretoko registered as a Natural World Heritage Site^[6]

• Viewed from the SSW.
• Rausu-Shiretoko Io Volcano Group. Rausu (lower left)
• The mountains of Shiretoko Peninsula from Mount Rausu (July 2007). In the foreground is Mitsumine, in the middle field is Mount Sashirui, and in the background is Mount Iō

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