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Sanbesan
Sanbesan is a 1,126 m stratovolcano in Japan, last erupted in 650 CE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,126 m above sea level
- Rock
- Dacite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 650 CE
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1920 BCE
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 35.14°N 132.62°E · Japan
- Region
- Nankai Volcanic Arc, Western Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 283002
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).