Mount Suribachi

Suribachi
Mount Suribachi as seen in 2001
Highest point
Elevation	169 m (554 ft)[1]
Prominence	169 m (554 ft)
Coordinates	24°45′01″N 141°17′20″E / 24.75028°N 141.28889°E / 24.75028; 141.28889
Geography
Suribachi Iwo Jima, Japan
Parent range	Volcano Islands
Geology
Mountain type	Cinder cone
Volcanic arc/belt	Volcano Islands
Last eruption	May 2, 2012[1]

Mount Suribachi (摺鉢山, Suribachiyama) is a 169-metre (554 ft)-high mountain on the southwest end of Iwo Jima in the northwest Pacific Ocean under the administration of Ogasawara Subprefecture, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.

The mountain's name derives from its shape, resembling a suribachi or grinding bowl. It is also known as "Mount Pipe" (パイプ山, paipu-yama), since the volcanic gas and water vapor that rolls in from the summit, alongside the rest of the island, give the appearance of a smoking pipe when viewed from the sea.^{[citation needed]}

Joe Rosenthal's iconic World War II photograph, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, depicting United States Marines raising an American flag, was taken at the mountain's peak during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Ammunition ship USS Suribachi was named after this mountain.