GVP volcano 282060 · no holder yet
Kikai
Kikai is a 704 m caldera in Japan, erupting as recently as 2025.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 704 m above sea level
- Rock
- Rhyolite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2025
- Largest known
- VEI 7, super-colossal, 4350 BCE
- Eruptions
- 28 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 30.79°N 130.31°E · Japan
- Region
- Ryukyu Volcanic Arc, Western Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 282060
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).