Mount Rausu · 1,660 m · 7.1 km SSW

Stratovolcano · Hokkaido

Mount Io

1,563 m5,128 ft

Prominence: 246 m807 ft
Isolation: 4.4 km
Tonight: 1°CPartly cloudy · Wind 21 km/h NW

Mount Io is a 1,563 m (5,128 ft) stratovolcano in Hokkaido, Japan.

All facts

Elevation: 1,563 m · 5,128 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Sashirui (1,564 m)
Region: Hokkaido, Japan
Protected area: Shiretoko
Coordinates: 44.1332° N, 145.1615° E

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3D map

Mount Io 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Io terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Io elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Io weather

Today · Partly cloudy · 1 / 6°C (34 / 43°F) · Wind 21 km/h NW

Mount Io forecast for the summit, about 1,563 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 74 m.

Today1°6°–21 km/h NWBase 10 / 15°
Sun-3°6°0.2 mm41 km/h NWBase 6 / 15°
Mon-4°-1°0.4 mm40 km/h NWBase 5 / 8°
Tue-4°-1°7.2 mm9 km/h SBase 5 / 8°
Wed-6°-5°10.1 mm40 km/h WBase 3 / 4°
Thu-7°-4°1.0 mm18 km/h WBase 2 / 5°
Fri0°2°10.7 mm19 km/h SBase 9 / 11°
Sat-5°7°1.8 mm24 km/h WBase 4 / 16°
Sun-7°-3°2.3 mm36 km/h WBase 2 / 6°
Mon-7°-6°1.3 mm33 km/h WBase 2 / 3°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

26.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

52.8%

Steep, 30–45°

19.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.0%

Steeper than 30°: 20.6% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,481 m low point 74 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 90.1%Grassland 8.3%Bare rock / sparse 1.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Mount Io summit.

Summit list 3

1Mount Chienbetsu1,544 m 1.1 km SSE
2Mount Higashi1,520 m 1.5 km ESE
3Mount Minami1,459 m 2.4 km S

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 42 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Sika Deer10
Red Fox5
Steller's Sea-Eagle4
Brown Bear3
Black Kite2
Harlequin Duck2

Where it sits

Where Mount Io sits

Ranked in 1

#34 Volcanoes in Japan

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mount MeakanPeak · 1,499 m124 km SW

Downloads

Mount Io downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Io satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-09-15.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,556 m at the summit; the official height is 1,563 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,563 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,556 m	-7 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,535 m	-28 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-09-15)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia