GVP volcano 282090 · no holder yet
Kirishimayama
Kirishimayama is a 1,700 m shield volcano in Japan, erupting as recently as 2025.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 1,700 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2025
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1235
- Eruptions
- 79 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 31.93°N 130.86°E · Japan
- Region
- Ryukyu Volcanic Arc, Western Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 282090
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).