GVP volcano 282021 · no holder yet
Yokoatejima
Yokoatejima is a 495 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted in 1835.
- Type
- Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)
- Summit
- 495 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1835
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1835
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 28.80°N 129.00°E · Japan
- Region
- Ryukyu Volcanic Arc, Western Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 282021
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).