Mount Esan617 m
Hakodate City ・ 恵山
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GSI Tiles (elevation tiles, seamless aerial photos), processed by this site.Data sources: Landsat8画像（GSI,TSIC,GEO Grid/AIST）, Landsat8画像（courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey）, 海底地形（GEBCO）。
About Mount Esan
Mount Esan is a 617 m mountain in Hakodate City, Hokkaido. A volcano built of lava domes; a crater at its western foot still steams. It erupted in 1846 and 1874, and the mudflow from the 1846 eruption killed many people.
Sources: GSI, Elevations of Major Mountains in Japan, Japan Meteorological Agency, Esan (sources in Japanese)
Mountain data
- Elevation basis
- Triangulation pointGeospatial Information Authority of Japan, Elevations of Major Mountains in Japan (March 31, 2026)
- Japanese name
- 恵山（えさん）
- Location
- Hakodate City, Hokkaido
- Natural park
- None
- Active volcano
- Part of Esan
- 100 Famous Japanese Mountains
- None
- Hokkaido Hyakumeizan
- Both editions (No. 99 in 2003)
The location lists the municipality of the summit and any others within 300 m of it (checked with the GSI reverse geocoder).
Themes that include Mount Esan
Nearby mountains
Nearby roadside stations
- Michi-no-Eki Natowa EsanHakodate City6.0 km
- Michi-no-Eki Jomon Roman MinamikayabeHakodate City23 km
- Michi-no-Eki Shikabe Geyser ParkShikabe Town37 km
Straight-line distances from the summit.