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Kujusan
Kujusan is a 1,791 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted in 1996.
- Type
- Stratovolcano(es) (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,791 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1996
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 100 BCE
- Eruptions
- 13 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 33.09°N 131.25°E · Japan
- Region
- Nankai Volcanic Arc, Western Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 282120
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).