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Mount Fuji
Fog in the foreground of Mount Fuji, Japan.
Mount Fuji is a stratovolcano. It is a composite mountain formed by three successive volcanoes: Komitake, Ko Fuji, and the most recent, Shin Fuji. While it has been dormant since its last eruption in 1707, geologists generally classify it as an active volcano.1